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Wyckoff Place [TRT 11:02] Wyckoff Place is a documentary short made under the auspices of the USA Character Project. It was directed by Lauri Faggioni, a production designer (The Science of Sleep) and music video director (work for Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine). These are selected scenes; the full version can be found here.
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e Nighttime Clap [TRT 3:30]
The Nighttime Clap is a music-oriented comedy series that aired on the Fuse network in 2006. Produced by Daily Show veterans Jo Honig, Dan Taberski, and Kathy Egan, it featured hosts Allison Becker and Sean Heart, along with New York comedians Billy Eichner, Chelsea Peretti, and Kristen Schaal.
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ome [TRT 1:59]
The New York Times calls Home a "marvelously revealing documentary" that "brilliantly illuminates the invisible damage inflicted by years of deprivation" (click here for the full review). Directed by political science professor Jeffrey M. Togman, the film premiered at the AFI/Silverdocs Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award. Home then aired on the Sundance Channel in 2007 and was distributed on DVD by Netflix.
Hotel Gramercy Park [TRT 3:16]
Directed by Douglas Keeve (Unzipped) and produced by Wendy Ettinger (The War Room, Moon Over Broadway), Hotel Gramercy Park won a Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. It was praised by IndieWire as "among those most outstanding of the doc offerings...a model of rhythmic doc editing and mis-en-scene, with colliding story lines that create sparks as they document seismic shifts in the New York City scene."