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      Our City Dreams

      Released Feb 4, 2009 1h 27m Documentary List
      75% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 59% Audience Score 100+ Ratings This documentary traces the creative lives of five women artists from various cultures and backgrounds who have been drawn to live, work and create in New York City. Although these artists work in different media, each woman's art is a spiritual, creative and sometimes rebellious response to the cultural forces of puritanism, poverty, war, social inequality and sexual stereotypes. Over a period of two years, these women each face personal struggles and artistic triumphs. Read More Read Less

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      Maitland McDonagh Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Their art, like the film itself, is powerful, daring and makes you think. Rated: 3.5/5 May 8, 2009 Full Review Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader Chiara Clemente, a documentarian for Italian TV, gets in close enough to record her subjects' techniques but not close enough to reveal what makes the women tick. Apr 24, 2009 Full Review Maitland McDonagh Time Out Chicago Rated: 3/5 Sep 15, 2011 Full Review Leslie Stonebraker New York Press Our City Dreams is not just an art documentary; it is a piece of art itself ... Feb 25, 2011 Full Review Stan Hall Oregonian Chiara Clemente's well-crafted, accessible film gives interesting looks at five acclaimed New York female artists of distinctively different ages, media and background. Mar 6, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Watching this documentary really makes me miss NYC and want to go back as soon as possible so that I can spend every day seeing art that I missed. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I guess I'm not the artsy type. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis This documentary traces the creative lives of five women artists from various cultures and backgrounds who have been drawn to live, work and create in New York City. Although these artists work in different media, each woman's art is a spiritual, creative and sometimes rebellious response to the cultural forces of puritanism, poverty, war, social inequality and sexual stereotypes. Over a period of two years, these women each face personal struggles and artistic triumphs.
      Director
      Chiara Clemente
      Distributor
      First Run
      Production Co
      Di San Luca Films
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      Arabic
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 4, 2009, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 13, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $34.6K
      Runtime
      1h 27m
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