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Our City Dreams

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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.

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Maitland McDonagh Time Out Chicago Rated: 3/5 Sep 15, 2011 Full Review Leslie Stonebraker New York Press Our City Dreams is not just an art documentary; it is a piece of art itself ... Feb 25, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member I guess I'm not the artsy type. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Chiara Clemente

Director

Chiara Clemente

Producer

Tanya Selvaratnam

Producer

Bettina Sulser

Producer

Chiara Clemente

Cinematographer

Shane Sigler

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Our City Dreams

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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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