D Train Through Bensonhurst

Name: D Train Through Bensonhurst
Director: Isaiah Bradley
Released: 2022-10-06

Ride the D train

2022 · 1 min

Fragments of interesting people and things amongst a handful of D train stops in Queens, New York. Filmed on Super 8 mm.

Directed by Isaiah Bradley

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