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Downtown Calling (2009)
75 min | Documentary

Downtown Calling (2009)

75 min | Documentary

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big...See moreIn the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big Apple" hostage, a family of homegrown cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge. Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City's fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving role in the international fashion, art and music industries today. Written by Ben Velez See less

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Charlie Ahearn Self Self See fewer	Wild Style (1982)
DJ AM Actor (as Adam Goldstein) Actor (as Adam Goldstein) See fewer	Iron Man 2 (2010)
Arthur Baker Self Self See fewer	Blade (1998)
Jaleel Bunton Self Self See fewer	Never Back Down (2008)
Henry Chalfant Self Self See fewer	Style Wars: The Outtakes (2014)
Daze Self Self See fewer	Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)
David Depino Self Self See fewer	Untitled Paradise Garage/Larry Levan Movie
DJ Jazzy Jeff Self Self See fewer	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Johnny Dynell Self Self See fewer	Loose Cannons (2010)
Fab 5 Freddy Self Self See fewer	Wild Style (1982)
Chris Franz Self Self See fewer	Downtown Calling (2009)
Bobbito Garcia Self (as Garcia Bobbito) Self (as Garcia Bobbito) See fewer	25th Hour (2002)
Nelson George Self Self See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
Debbie Harry Self - Narrator (as Deborah Harry) Self - Narrator (as Deborah Harry) See fewer	Videodrome (1983)
Michael Holman Self Self See fewer	Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ (1981)
Ed Koch Self Self See fewer	We Own the Night (2007)
Danny Krivit Self Self See fewer	Larry's Garage (2019)
Maripol Self Self See fewer	Downtown 81 (2000)
Glenn O'Brien Self Self See fewer	Downtown 81 (2000)
Man Parrish Self Self See fewer	Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Sal Principato Self Self See fewer	Chef (2014)
Questlove Self (as ?uestlove) Self (as ?uestlove) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Tom Silverman Self Self See fewer	Kung Faux (2003)
Dave Sitek Self Self See fewer	Never Back Down (2008)
Cynthia Sley Self Self See fewer	Basquiat (1996)
Chris Stein Self Self See fewer	Super 8 (2011)
Ed Steinberg Self Self See fewer	Madonna: Everybody (1982)
Zephyr Self Self See fewer	Bomb It (2007)