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BOOKWARS ("Terrific" - LA Times) (2000)
BOOKWARS (
Documentary (Completed, 79 min) United States United States Unrated Documentary, Urban
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cast : Al Mappo, Ron Harris, Rick Sherman, Peter Whitney
director : Jason Rosette
executive producer : James Montoya
producer : John Montoya, Michel Negroponte
music : Richard Goldstein, Jack McDuff, Willis Jackson
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Synopsis

BOOKWARS is the gritty world of New York City street booksellers told in a remarkable story that chronicles their lives and loves and their unique perspectives on life.  Made by an actual street bookseller during then-New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani's controversial 'Quality of Life' campaign, 'BookWars' is the only first person documentary which details this unique slice of New York City history.

As seen on Arte/ZDF, SVT, NHK, PBS, Metrochannels, and other stations around the world - but with manyvirgin territories available.


See the Mayor and the NYPD try to shut them down!

Movie Awards

New York Underground Film Festival

  • IFP Gotham Award Nominee ( 2000 )
    Won , Winner - Best Documentary
Press Reviews
  • New York Film Critics Circle (on 03/14/00 )
    " In BookWars, a superb nonfiction film by first-time feature director Jason Rosette, books are more than sources of knowledge. "
    by Matt Zoller Seitz
  • The New Yorker (on 00/00/00 )
    " "...bookselling is the kissing cousin of another urban art form: drug dealing" "
    by Michael Agger
  • TV Guide Online (on 00/00/00 )
    " "Who could help but root for the feisty bookies in the us-against-them conflict?" "
    by Stephen Miller
  • Baseline (on 00/00/00 )
    " "reminiscent of the Beat poets as Rosette details the grind of making a living from street sales -- from exposure to the elements to obtaining the merchandise." "
    by Dollie Banner
  • Time Out New York (on 00/00/00 )
    " " a fascinating, often hilarious portrait of their stubbornly independent lifestyle, as well as their struggle to remain in business in the face of Mayor Giuliani's quality-of-living crackdown" "
    by Mike D'Angelo
Movie Format
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1 (4:3)
Sound Mix Stereo
Camera DVCam
Negative Format Digital