Timescapes

2005 NR 28m

The Museum of the City of New York’s award-winning short documentary explores how New York City grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans into the metropolis we know today and features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections. Now expanded and updated, the film's final chapter captures the astonishing – if sometimes challenging – transformations the city has experienced in the first decades of the ...

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Info about Timescapes

Studio(s): Local Projects

Originally Released: United States on Jun 01, 2005

Genres: Documentary, Short