Dark Days


1h 24m 2000

Brief Synopsis

Explores the lives of a community which chose to flee Manhattan's drug ravaged shelter system for life underground -- living in the city's Amtrak tunnels by drawing electricity from the tunnel's power lines and water from it's pipes.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2000
Distribution Company
OSCILLOSCOPE PICTURES/PALM PICTURES/SUNDANCETV/WIDE ANGLE PICTURES

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 24m

Synopsis

Explores the lives of a community which chose to flee Manhattan's drug ravaged shelter system for life underground -- living in the city's Amtrak tunnels by drawing electricity from the tunnel's power lines and water from it's pipes.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2000
Distribution Company
OSCILLOSCOPE PICTURES/PALM PICTURES/SUNDANCETV/WIDE ANGLE PICTURES

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 24m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the 2000 award for Best Non Fiction Film from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Winner of three awards, including the Freedom of Expression Award, the Audience Award for Documentary Film and co-winner, along with Andrew Young's "Americanos: Latino Life in the United States," of the Cinematography Award in Documentary Competition, at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Limited re-release in United States Summer July 1, 2011

Limited re-release in United States Summer June 29, 2011

Released in United States August 2000

Released in United States January 2000

Released in United States November 24, 2000

Released in United States October 27, 2000

Released in United States on Video August 26, 2003

Released in United States Summer August 30, 2000

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Documentary: Imagining Reality) August 13-27, 2000.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2000.

Aired in USA on Sundance Channel Fall 2001.

Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2000.)

Limited re-release in United States Summer June 29, 2011 (New York City)

Limited re-release in United States Summer July 1, 2011 (New York City)

Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Documentary: Imagining Reality) August 13-27, 2000.)

Released in United States on Video August 26, 2003

Released in United States Summer August 30, 2000

Released in United States October 27, 2000 (Nuart; Los Angeles)

Released in United States November 24, 2000 (Berkeley, California)