Exclusive: Dctv, the nonprofit acclaimed as “New York City’s preeminent community of and for documentary storytellers,” is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series spotlighting the work of Dctv founders, the filmmaking couple Keiko Tsuno and Jon Alpert.
The series Dctv @ 50 kicks off September 21 at Dctv Firehouse Cinema in lower Manhattan with a screening of Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive, a 1980 documentary directed by Tsuno and produced by Alpert. The filmmakers will participate in a Q&a as part of the evening’s program.
The September 26 program for the Dctv @ 50 series will be dedicated to exploring the documentary legacy of late actor James Gandolfini, who joined the Dctv board in 2012, a year before his untimely death at age 51.
James Gandolfini
“Dctv knew James Gandolfini as a committed advocate for the rights and welfare of America’s war veterans,” Dctv said in a release. “We proudly worked with him on several documentaries,...
The series Dctv @ 50 kicks off September 21 at Dctv Firehouse Cinema in lower Manhattan with a screening of Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive, a 1980 documentary directed by Tsuno and produced by Alpert. The filmmakers will participate in a Q&a as part of the evening’s program.
The September 26 program for the Dctv @ 50 series will be dedicated to exploring the documentary legacy of late actor James Gandolfini, who joined the Dctv board in 2012, a year before his untimely death at age 51.
James Gandolfini
“Dctv knew James Gandolfini as a committed advocate for the rights and welfare of America’s war veterans,” Dctv said in a release. “We proudly worked with him on several documentaries,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The 1995 documentary about boxer-addict Dicky Eklund captures something missing in Christian Bale's mannered turn
The Fighter, David O Russell's Oscar-nominated true story of 90s boxer Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg, is about a guy who slugs his way up from the tough streets of Lowell, Massachusetts. He has a troubled relationship with his half-brother and trainer Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), a former boxer who is now addicted to crack but who finally appears to confront his demons, at least partly as a result of a television documentary being made about him as the movie begins: we see the camera crew following Micky and Dicky around.
This documentary really did exist. Entitled High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell and directed by Maryann DeLeo and Richard Farrell, it was transmitted on Us TV in 1995 and is now available for free on the web.
Watching High on Crack Street...
The Fighter, David O Russell's Oscar-nominated true story of 90s boxer Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg, is about a guy who slugs his way up from the tough streets of Lowell, Massachusetts. He has a troubled relationship with his half-brother and trainer Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), a former boxer who is now addicted to crack but who finally appears to confront his demons, at least partly as a result of a television documentary being made about him as the movie begins: we see the camera crew following Micky and Dicky around.
This documentary really did exist. Entitled High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell and directed by Maryann DeLeo and Richard Farrell, it was transmitted on Us TV in 1995 and is now available for free on the web.
Watching High on Crack Street...
- 2/2/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Fans of David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”, his critically acclaimed, real-story boxing drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, should check out Maryann DeLeo and Richard Farrell’s documentary “High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell”, which chronicles three childhood friends lost to drug addiction — one of whom just happens to be Dicky Eklund (played by Bale in the movie). The complete 60-minute documentary, which originally aired on HBO, is online for free. Check out a preview of the doc below. In blue-collar Lowell, Massachusetts, where disappearing industry has produced high unemployment, some residents have turned to crack for relief – only to see their dreams of a better life go up in smoke. High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell is a harrowing documentary chronicling 18 months in the lives of three crackhouse friends whose addiction has let them to crime and despair. Brenda, Dicki and Boo-Boo have...
- 1/4/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
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