"Washington Heights: Past to Present" by Frank A. López

A short documentary on Washington Heights, NYC.

I made this video for a neighborhood project for my Documentary class @ NYU. I'm a Washington Heights native. This segment of the doc deals mostly with community and family, specifically Dominicans (a major makeup of the Heights). I am proud of where I come from and the beautiful people that surround me.

More to come! Stay tuned! Thanx!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• washington
• heights
• frank
• antonio
• lopez
• dominican
• republic
• nyc
• new
• york
• city
• peace
• poets
• santo
• domingo

[LAGDB01]

Great video! Is Harlem, Dyckman, Inwood, and Washington Heights all in the same area? Also, would you say that most of these areas are mainly Puerto Rican and Dominican? Any info greatly appreciated.

[FrankLopezOnline]

@LAGDB01 Thank you! Harlem is right below Washing Heights and Inwood is right above. Dyckman is part of Inwood. Although Washington Heights has been predominantly Dominican for the last 20 years, things are changing now. Gentrification is a huge issue at the moment and many families are being evicted for not being able to afford outrageously new rent hikes.

[FrankLopezOnline]

My film is about community and pride in one's culture and peoples. I hope we all remain focused on that and not the differences that may separate us from one another's common humanity.

Be love.

[NatureLoveGirl]

unfortunately i agree w vinafina. i have lived in dominican neighborhoods,i speak spanish and all.. but since i'm very white-looking i get treated like shit. men cat-call me and the latinas are so jealous. i dont think all dominicans are like what vinafina says, but most that i have encountered are-- thus making the good dominicans look bad. i wish the hispanic immigrants had more respect. when my family came here a while back they respected this country and made it better, not worse.

[babes322]

well ill have you know that i am dominican and my father has his own company and makes 6 figures a year

from one bad experience you cant think that all people are that way

and last time i checked this was a free country where people have the right to expresss their cultures

and nice of you to use quotations because the dominican race is filled with culture so maybe you should go back to where ever you came from and stop being such an ignorant close minded ass. =]

[sprimusp1]

@malikark25 Yes I know what Latin is. People in "latin" american countries have indian and african cultures that are nowhere near Latin or European traditions, they are Catholics and speak a Romance language, that makes them "latins?" No one calls Italians "latins" if anybody is Latin it is them. The real Latins were from Italy, not people who are mixed with spaniards somewhat and have indian and african cultures.

[malikark25]

@sprimusp As Rome's Empire grew their language, Latin, spread throughout the Roman Empire later evolving into several "Romance" languages; Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. People from these countries are referred to as Latin, their language is derived from Latin.

i bet you fell stupid!

[KombatKing3000]

Im behind you all the way brother, im from Washington Heights and i know the feeling of being around cool friendly people, i think about being back home all the time, being in the military sucks if youre hispanic because youre looked down upon,

[CrowdPleeza]

I'am referring to the song that starts around 1:25

[CrowdPleeza]

What's the name of that song in the background? It's kinda funky.

[slapshot68]

@FocuSzUzumaki go to newark or jersey city, u'll see alot more gangs there. washington heights i believe hasnt had a murder yt.

[gametight79]

Thanks for the video Frank..Im in Cali, and cant wait to get back to NYC..

[newyorkcitytravel]

I never knew much about Washington Heights. Least of all that it had a strong Dominican Republic culture. This is a great mini-documentary.