Product Details

• Actors: Josh Pais
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, Director's Cut, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paradise Acres Productions, LLC
• DVD Release Date: October 20, 2003
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000EI2MA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #76,538 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

New York Times
Engaging...Passionately Alive...A Love Letter On Film.

Product Description
Get ready to dive into one of the most violent, drug-infested neighborhoods only to see it transform into the trendy, residential enclave it has become. Many of the old timers figured out how to survive the area when it was a ghetto - now the challenge for them is to see if they can survive gentrification.

7TH STREET draws the viewer into a neighborhood that most people were once too afraid to enter. An area that most people only heard rumors about: Alphabet City in NYC’s East Village, once known as the drug capital of the East Coast.

The movie explores change in one of the most vital areas of NYC and the complexity of gentrification. Not only is this movie about one block in Manhattan – it’s about neighborhoods and communities all over the world where progress sometimes comes at the expense of richness of character and diversity.

Viewers join in Pais’ struggle as he sees his block transform and become a safe place for his newborn son and a trendy neighborhood for the new inhabitants at the expense of his street family. The people who were his role models as a child he now sees homeless in Tompkins Square Park or discovers them dead.

7TH STREET will undoubtedly pull your heartstrings and make you look with fresh eyes at the place you call home.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wish 7th Street was my street, April 3, 2004

By A Customer

Josh Pais's 7TH STREET is a touching look at an area and a community that really had a distinct character to it. It evokes strong memories of a New York before the Gap and Starbucks, the New York of the 70's. This documentary is told in a very heartfelt way and is full of colorful characters. Absolutely worth repeat viewings. Saw it when it won the Audience Award at the 2003 Independent Film Festival of Boston.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why aren't there more docs like this?, November 20, 2003

By A Customer

If you haven't seen Josh Pais' 7th Street yet - do yourself a favor! This doc captures the transformation of one street in New York cities alphabet city from a drug infested, crime ridden area with charm and personality to a haven for yuppies and the nouveau riche. The process by which this is captured is personal to Pais and the story is laid out with integrity and heart felt care. This truly is a must see!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really engaging look at snapshots of a NY neighborhood, August 1, 2004

By	TB (NYC) - See all my reviews

This was a moving documentary, showing the people behind the faces you walk by everyday. As a New Yorker, it is meaningful to see the history of one of the cities' neighborhoods so beautifully and purely portrayed. Pais hides nothing, and shows the neighborhood's wrinkles, scars, and beauty.