Happy November everyone!
I’m sure many of us are wondering how 2025 has already passed us by. Considering recessions, and political climates we’re definitely ready to see if 2026 will change things on the upside. Recently we have been challenged with our preferred streaming app for music, podcasts, etc and it motivated us to try out something new in the gallery that we usually do on our own down time.
We’ve been playing our favorite documentaries that are streaming free on TUBI while people are visiting the gallery. Most of the time it’s an artist documentary. We have learned that some of the best films are streaming for free and yes you get adds but if you have the extra cash you could avoid those.
A long lasting habit of ours has been enjoying playing films in the background while at home painting or typing away. Film has been a huge inspiration for us as artists eager to learn, vulnerable enough to accept remarkableness, and teach ourselves from others experiences who work hard to keep art alive through extreme sacrifice, discipline and dedication.
If you happen to walk in and hear someone talking only not see our lips moving, it’s because there’s a speaking narration from one of our top picks, and we’re happy to share. Keep in mind that films are not permanently streaming and they do suddenly dissapear. We will continue to share our picks monthly if possible. No promises, but we will do our best to considering this post has taken up most of the self care day, and to be completely honest this has been fun.
We’re launching our movie - series picks with one of our favorite genres, photography.
Everybody Street showcases some of our favorite styles of street photography, featuring one some of our favorites Martha Cooper, and Bruce Gilden.
Jamel Shabazz who is also featured in the film was naturally our second pick due to our most recent new inventory of hip hop printed matter in our gift shop.
Last but not least Gary Winogrand “All Things are Photographable,”" a retrospective and time capsule on many eras in New York. Gary’s iconic’s images have probably crossed your path in some way or shape without knowing it was him.
Everybody Street
2012 · 1 hr 26 min
TV-MA
Trail New York’s iconic street photographers as they’ve captured the city’s patchwork of subcultures in one-of-a-kind moments through the decades.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Starring: Martha Cooper Bruce Davidson Elliott Erwitt Jill Freedman Bruce Gilden
Directed by: Cheryl Dunn
Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer
2013 · 1 hr 22 min
TV-MA
In the infancy of hip-hop, Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz documented the pioneers of music and style who would launch an enduring worldwide phenomenon. In JAMEL SHABAZZ STREET PHOTOGRAPHER Charlie Ahearn (director of the seminal graffiti movie Wild Style) pays tribute to both Shabazz and those who defined hip-hop before it had definition. More than just vintage shots of kids rocking sneakers and savvy street style in Times Square and Fort Greene Park, Shabazzês photographs have hundreds of stories behind them, and Ahearnês film gives voice to these images with intimate interviews with Shabazz himself, graffiti pioneer and hip-hop historian Fred –Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, legendary rapper KRS-One, and many others.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Directed by: Charlie Ahearn
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable
2018 · 1 hr 32 min
TV-MA
A documentary about an important American still photographer who captured New York City in the 1960s and later the West in Texas and Los Angeles.
Subtitles: English
Starring: Geoff DyerJeffrey FraenkelSusan KismaricEileen Hale WinograndMatt Stuart
Directed by:Sasha Waters Freyer