Downtown Calling (2009)
Overview
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 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.
Cast
Charlie Ahearn
Self
Debbie Harry
Self - Narrator
Adam Goldstein
Self
Michael Holman
Self
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
Nelson George
Self
Arthur Baker
Self
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Self
Chris Stein
Self
Questlove
SelfRecommendations
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Downloaded
A Plastic Ocean
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
The Last Waltz
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Lake of Fire
Avicii: True Stories
One Direction: This Is Us
Iverson
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Heart of a Dog
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Justin Bieber's Believe
The September Issue
Stop Making Sense
David Byrne's American Utopia
Above Majestic
My Mom Jayne