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Andrew Rossi

Andrew Rossi is a director, producer, and cinematographer of documentary films. His first feature film, Eat This New York, aired on the Sundance Channel in 2004. He then directed Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven, a documentary about restaurateur Sirio Maccioni and his family, which premiered at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and was later shown on HBO. His most recent film Page One: Ins…

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The First Monday in MayThe First Monday in May · 2016
The First Monday in May
7.42016
MovieDocumentary
Chronicles the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.
Hysterical GirlHysterical Girl · 2020
Hysterical Girl
7.02020
MovieDocumentary
In 1900, Sigmund Freud began treating a 17-year old girl he called "Dora." Her parents brought her to therapy after she accused a family friend of sexual assault. Freud's account of his sessions with Dora was the only major case history he published of a female patient. Intercutting his published text with a scripted version told from Dora's point of view, Hysterical Girl revisits this landmark case. Woven throughout are several decades of cinema, Congressional hearings, and media coverage. What emerges is a portrait of the grip that Freud’s theory of hysteria has had on popular culture over the past century and into the present day.
Mommy Dead and DearestMommy Dead and Dearest · 2017
Mommy Dead and Dearest
7.42017
MovieCrimeDocumentary
Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
Ivory TowerIvory Tower · 2014
Ivory Tower
7.12014
MovieDocumentary
As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, "Is college worth it?" From the halls of Harvard to public and private colleges in financial crisis to education startups in Silicon Valley, an urgent portrait emerges of a great American institution at the breaking point.
Bronx GothicBronx Gothic · 2017
Bronx Gothic
5.72017
MovieDocumentary
From director Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, BRONX GOTHIC. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui – who’s worked with conceptual artists like Ralph Lemon and Julie Taymor – fuses dance, song, drama, and comedy to create a mesmerizing space in which audiences can engage with a story about two 12-year-old black girls coming of age in the 1980s. With intimate vérité access to Okwui and her audiences off the stage, BRONX GOTHIC allows for unparalleled insight into her creative process as well as the complex social issues embodied in it.
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake NewsAfter Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News · 2020
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
6.62020
MovieDocumentary
An investigation into the ongoing threat caused by the phenomenon of “fake news” in the U.S., focusing on the real-life consequences that disinformation, conspiracy theories and false news stories have on the average citizen.
Control RoomControl Room · 2004
Control Room
7.32004
MovieDocumentaryWar
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
Page One: Inside the New York TimesPage One: Inside the New York Times · 2011
Page One: Inside the New York Times
6.92011
MovieDocumentary
Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

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Eat This New YorkEat This New York · 2004
Eat This New York
5.42004
MovieDocumentary
Eat This New York is the story of two best friends' struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world. As Billy Phelps and John McCormick suffer through financial crisis, the loss of their chef, and a crumbling relationship, the filmmakers turn the camera on New York City's legendary restaurateurs who prove that dreams can come true. Billy and John's gamble to open a restaurant together takes shape on Division Street, a unique block in Brooklyn that separates the Satmar Jewish community of Williamsburg from the Latino neighborhood of the South Side. During the course of a year, they convert a former check-cashing shop located under the elevated train tracks of the J/M/Z subway lines into a retro speakeasy. But before the restaurant is fully built they come close to bankruptcy and almost call it quits on their friendship.

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