In Jackson Heights

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In Jackson Heights

Released Nov 4, 2015

3h 10m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman examines the multiethnic neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, N.Y.

Critics Consensus

In Jackson Heights adds another compassionately observant -- and wholly immersive -- chapter to Frederick Wiseman's singular filmography.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

...improbably nostalgic, while also offering hope that the communities whose intricate maintenance we once took for granted can be more gratefully reclaimed in the future.

Mar 27, 2020

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Alissa Wilkinson

Vox

Like all Wiseman films, In Jackson Heights is a stealth statement with some political implications.

May 3, 2018

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

To watch "In Jackson Heights" is to feel like you're a part of it.

Rated: B+

Feb 19, 2016

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Justine Smith

Vague Visages

The film is deliriously anti-consumerism...

Nov 21, 2023

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Matthew Eng

Tribeca Film

By placing such lengthy emphasis on these people and their perspectives, Wiseman not only encourages multiple viewpoints, but simultaneously forces us to consider them in an attentively thoughtful way that movies so rarely ask of their audiences.

May 1, 2019

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Glenn Heath Jr.

San Diego CityBeat

The most important American film of the year.

Nov 3, 2018

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john c

Interesting to see what has changed in the old neighborhood since leaving 40 some years ago. Looks nothing like the place where I played LL baseball and went to HS but still is noisy and crowded. There is such a colorful vibrancy to JH that Wiseman focusing on throughout this lengthy peep into the heartbeat of this diverse slice of Queens. A must watch for those xeneophobic Republicans! (2-21-16)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's narratively obtuse, observational approach is on full display here as he chronicles the richly diverse Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queen, New York. This is without question the best documentary of the year and true artistic achievement.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Utterly stultifying. All very, very easy filming of community groups talking. Risk free film making. Desperately in need of LOTS of editing. Gives the impression that Jackson Heights, which is the most ethnically diverse community in the world is, in fact, 95% Hispanic. The other 5% are agonizingly old people. Where was the Asian community? Just awful.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman examines the multiethnic neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, N.Y.

Director: Frederick Wiseman
Producer: Frederick Wiseman
Screenwriter: Frederick Wiseman
Distributor: Zipporah Films
Production Co: Moulins Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2015, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.9K
Runtime: 3h 10m