This Week In New York: "The Other City" at Maysles Film Review

Great review of "The Other City" and mention of it's showing TOMORROW, February 7th, at Maysles Cinema in Harlem at Get Down's NO MORE STIGMA FILM SERIES! 3.5 of 4 stars! Check it out! 

Courtesy of Cabin Films.  Photo by Jonah Koch.  Drug users in Washington, D.C. line up to receive clean needles.

 

THE GET DOWN CAMPAIGN’S NO MORE STIGMA FILM SERIES PRESENTS THE OTHER CITY (Susan Koch, 2010)
Maysles Cinema
343 Malcolm X Blvd. between 127th & 128th Sts.
Thursday, February 7, $10, cocktail reception 6:30, screening 7:30
212-582-6050
www.mayslesinstitute.org
www.theothercity.com
Washington, DC, might be famous as a city filled with wealthy politicians, international ambassadors, ruthless lobbyists, and tourists visiting some of the finest cultural institutions and historical monuments in the world, but lurkng in the shadows is a very different story. As revealed in Susan Koch’s surprising documentary The Other City, the District of Columbia is in the midst of an HIV/AIDS epidemic that is actually on par with what many African nations are experiencing.

Click here to read the rest:  http://twi-ny.com/blog/2013/02/05/no-more-stigma-the-other-city/