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about the work
Jennie Livingston's film was inspired by an event that took place near her home in Brooklyn. In January 2004, some dog walkers witnessed the death of Miguel Flores in Prospect Park Lake. Livingston's neighbors wanted to save the man on the ice, but were powerless to help. What was he doing there? What were the repercussions of the events of that day? What is it that binds us together as New Yorkers, all walking on the same uncertain ground?

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