The World Before Your Feet
Docs Love NYC
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1h 34m
Directed by Jeremy Workman • Documentary • With Matt Green • 2018 • 95 minutes
There are 8,000 miles of sidewalks, paths and roads in New York City and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them all--every street, block, pedestrian overpass and park lane. A five borough journey that stretches from the barbershops of Harlem to 9/11 murals in Staten Island with Matt sharing an encyclopedia of New York history along the way. Executive-produced by Jesse Eisenberg.
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