The High Line

2006, 6 mins, colour, American short film with Hungarian subtitles
D: John Zieman


This short documentary film offers an excellent overview of High Line – its history, the movement to save it and designs for its reuse. It includes gorgeous footage of the structure’s elevated rail deck, and footage of the April 2006 Groundbreaking ceremony, as well as interviews with “Friends of High Line” co-founders Robert Hammond and Joshua David, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, actors Edward Norton and Kevin Bacon, designer Diane von Furstenberg, and many others.
3rd March, 21:00
Screened together with Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line.

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