Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive is a television documentary that originally aired on April 11, 1980. It was directed by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno for New York Channel 13.[1][2]
Plot
editThe film details the lives of six people who live on Third Avenue in New York City. The individuals are a car thief, a Bowery homeless man, a mother on welfare, a male prostitute, a factory employee, and a barber.[2]
Reception
editTom Shales of The Washington Post said, "This program is essentially about whatever it is that makes people stand up and curse and dare anybody to trample them again."[2] The film won two Emmy Awards.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Krafft, R.; National Endowment for the Arts; O'Doherty, B. (1991). The Arts on Television, 1976-1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming. Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television Program, National Endowment for the Arts. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-16-035926-2. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c Shales, Tom (April 11, 1980). "Six Stories From the Naked City". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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