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Slumming It: Myth and Culture on the Bowery film & video features
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Scott Elliott's documentary traces the rich, 200-year history of the Bowery, and examines how this renowned street and its denizens helped New York become the archetypal modern metropolis. Featuring interviews with historians and present-day residents, and brought to life with archival images and footage, the film juxtaposes today's Bowery with the characters, locations, and stories that formed the extraordinary fabric of this influential and infamous boulevard more than a century ago.

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