Sunday, July 19, 2009

THE REAL LOWER EAST SIDE: CAPTURED

LITTLE BROTHER IS WATCHING BIG BROTHER.

This month, the long-time-coming documentary, CAPTURED premiered in New York City. Produced by Mark Levin (Slam) and starring Clayton Peterson and Jimmy Gestapo (of the NYHC institution Murphy's Law) the film has been in "production" for 30 years. Watch the preview then head to Amazon, iTunes or whatevs to get your paws on one.

Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City's Lower East Side, a neighborhood famed for art, music and revolutionary minds. Traversing the outside edge he's recorded a dark and colorful society, from drag to hardcore, heroin, homelessness, political chaos and ultimately gentrification. His odyssey from voyeur to provocateur reveals that it can take losing everything you love to find your own significance.

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