
The gritty world of New York City street booksellers is exposed in a remarkable story that chronicles their lives and loves and their unique perspectives on life. Directed by a street bookseller, it explores the other side of the book tables along the streets of the Village, on the Lower East Side, along 6th avenue, and elsewhere in New York City. See the Mayor, the University and the NYPD try to shut them down!... (Full plot summary below)
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The gritty world of New York City street booksellers is exposed in a remarkable story that chronicles their lives and loves and their unique perspectives on life. Directed by a street bookseller, it explores the other side of the book tables along the streets of the Village, on the Lower East Side, along 6th avenue, and elsewhere in New York City. See the Mayor, the University and the NYPD try to shut them down!
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| New York PostLou LumenickIn monotonous narration, Rosette rants that the vendors' right to free speech should allow them to obstruct sidewalks, but the portrait of his subculture is so vaguely rendered, it will likely put audiences to sleep rather than change minds. |
| TV Guide MagazineSteven MillerRosette's film takes on a seriously Orwellian cast when the sellers mobilize to wage a civil war of words against the Big Brotherly NYC bureaucrats and academics trying to sweep them off the street. |
| Film Journal InternationalEd KelleherSheds some light on a demimonde of sorts at the edges of Greenwich Village |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe movie is like spending an idle afternoon browsing, and not buying. |
| User ReviewJohn MInteresting look at the street booksellers on 4th and 6th streets in New York, but falls short of its potential with its pretension, awful hipster noir narration with a beatnik jazz score, and a lack of basic ability with a camera. |