There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Ralph Steiner, H2O, 1929, 12 min. Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand, Manhatta, 1921, 10 min. Films Courtesy Cohen Film Collection. Though we might think of avant-garde and documentary filmmaking as two ...

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery.

For your afternoon enjoyment, check out this silent film from 1921 we spotted at the Urbanophile called Manhatta. The short film by Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler documents city life in Lower ...

Ralph Steiner, H2O, 1929, 12 min. Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand, Manhatta, 1921, 10 min. Films Courtesy Cohen Film Collection. Though we might think of avant-garde and documentary filmmaking as two ...

Filmed in 1921, Manhatta reveals a typical day in Lower Manhattan in the early part of the 20th century. Painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand created this silent film to discover the ...