Rock Soup (1992)
It's the summer of 1989 in New York's Lower East Side. Homeless people have turned Tompkins Square Park into a tent city. On a nearby corner lot deeper in Alphabet City, where punk became famous and Allen Ginsburg wrote much of his poetry, a bunch of people try to make a soup kitchen work. They scrounge their food supplies from restaurants, fish markets and dumpsters. They build fires in the dirt and cook on old sewer grates. However the authorities threaten to close down the soup kitchen. The impeccably constructed black and white images give a view of the pre Disneyfication of New York City in this amazing work from filmmaker Lech Kowalski.
Director: Lech Kowalski
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 80 min
Release Date: January 19, 1992
Cinematography: Doron Schlair
Editing: Lech Kowalski
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Rock Soup about?
- It's the summer of 1989 in New York's Lower East Side. Homeless people have turned Tompkins Square Park into a tent city. On a nearby corner lot deeper in Alphabet City, where punk became famous and Allen Ginsburg wrote much of his poetry, a bunch of people try to make a soup kitchen work. They scrounge their food supplies from restaurants, fish markets and dumpsters. They build fires in the dirt and cook on old sewer grates. However the authorities threaten to close down the soup kitchen. The impeccably constructed black and white images give a view of the pre Disneyfication of New York City in this amazing work from filmmaker Lech Kowalski.
- Who directed Rock Soup?
- Rock Soup was directed by Lech Kowalski.
- How long is Rock Soup?
- Rock Soup has a runtime of 1h 20m (80 minutes).
- What genre is Rock Soup?
- Rock Soup is a Documentary film.
- Where was Rock Soup produced?
- Rock Soup was produced in United States of America.