In Jackson Heights

In Jackson Heights
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
Produced by
  • Karen Konicek
  • Frederick Wiseman
Cinematography John Davey
Edited by Frederick Wiseman
Production
company
Moulins Films
Distributed by Zipporah Films
Release dates
Running time
 190 minutes
Country United States
France
Language English
Spanish
Arabic
Hindi

In Jackson Heights is a 2015 documentary film about the communities of Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City directed by Frederick Wiseman.

Synopsis

The film documents events in Jackson Heights including "a Muslim school, a Jewish center, a meeting of gay and transgender people, a City Council office and the local headquarters of Make the Road New York, an activist organization dedicated to Latino and working-class people."[1]

Release

Critical response

In Jackson Heights has received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 95%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.[2] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[3]

In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Phillips wrote that "True to Wiseman's form, In Jackson Heights contains no on-screen identification of camera subjects, no voice-over narration and little in the way of overt polemics. By the end, you arrive at the essential paradox found in every Wiseman portrait: a clear sense of just how cloudy our world and our environments have become."[4] Writing for The New York Times, Manohla Dargis stated that "Mr. Wiseman’s latest documentary is a movingly principled, political look at a dynamic neighborhood in which older waves of pioneers make room for new, amid creeping gentrification."[1]

In Peter Bradshaw's review for The Guardian, he described it as "an engaging portrait — film-making which works from the ground up."[5]

Box office

As of 4 November 2016, the film has grossed $121,094 at the box office.[6]

References

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