A Bronx Morning
Brief Synopsis
A classic experimental documentary, a "city symphony" exploring the Bronx one morning during the early days of the Great Depression.
Film Details
Also Known As
Bronx Morning
Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
1931
Technical Specs
Duration
13m
Synopsis
A classic experimental documentary, a "city symphony" exploring the Bronx one morning during the early days of the Great Depression.
Director
Jay Leyda
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Bronx Morning
Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
1931
Technical Specs
Duration
13m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Selected in 2004 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
After moving to the Soviet Union to study at the Moscow Film School (then the only one in the world), Jay Leyda showed his film to the great directors Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov, both of whom claimed to have been an influence on its style. Upon the strength of the film, Eisenstein admitted Leyda to his directing course.
