Our City Dreams

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Our City Dreams

2009

1h 27m

Documentary

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This documentary traces the creative lives of five women artists from various cultures and backgrounds who have been drawn to live, work and create in New York City. Although these artists work in different media, each woman's art is a spiritual, creative and sometimes rebellious response to the cultural forces of puritanism, poverty, war, social inequality and sexual stereotypes. Over a period of two years, these women each face personal struggles and artistic triumphs.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Their art, like the film itself, is powerful, daring and makes you think.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 8, 2009

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Chiara Clemente, a documentarian for Italian TV, gets in close enough to record her subjects' techniques but not close enough to reveal what makes the women tick.

Apr 24, 2009

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Noel Murray

AV Club

Each of Clemente's subjects is talented enough to support a feature-length documentary of her own.

Rated: B+

Feb 5, 2009

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Maitland McDonagh

Time Out Chicago

Rated: 3/5

Sep 15, 2011

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Leslie Stonebraker

New York Press

Our City Dreams is not just an art documentary; it is a piece of art itself ...

Feb 25, 2011

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Stan Hall

Oregonian

Chiara Clemente's well-crafted, accessible film gives interesting looks at five acclaimed New York female artists of distinctively different ages, media and background.

Mar 6, 2009

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Audience Member

Watching this documentary really makes me miss NYC and want to go back as soon as possible so that I can spend every day seeing art that I missed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

I guess I'm not the artsy type.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Chiara Clemente

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Tanya Selvaratnam

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Bettina Sulser

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Shane Sigler

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Synopsis

This documentary traces the creative lives of five women artists from various cultures and backgrounds who have been drawn to live, work and create in New York City. Although these artists work in different media, each woman's art is a spiritual, creative and sometimes rebellious response to the cultural forces of puritanism, poverty, war, social inequality and sexual stereotypes. Over a period of two years, these women each face personal struggles and artistic triumphs.

Director: Chiara Clemente
Producer: Chiara Clemente, Tanya Selvaratnam, Bettina Sulser
Distributor: First Run
Production Co: Di San Luca Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 4, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.6K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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