Film Series
New York 90s
From Hype Williams to Nora Ephron, 90s New York cinema saw artists from across the five boroughs telling uniquely New York stories. It was a decade marked by social activism and breakthrough films by women and people of color, as well as late capitalist apocalyptic dread as the new millennium approached. This series looks back at 90s NYC through film, spanning the people, communities, culture, and social issues that created one of New York’s most indelible eras.
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation and The Thompson Family Foundation
An electrifying Tupac stars in Ernest Dickerson's neo-noir drama and directorial debut.
Nas and DMX star in music video auteur Hype Williams’ millennial Alizé-and-dancehall swirl.
Keitel is an NYPD cop in deep with drugs and gambling debt, chasing justice for a raped nun.
A young Bronx mother juggles survival and neighborhood drama with her husband in prison.
Insanely charming rom-com or bleak look at New York’s inevitable decline?
Leslie Harris’ electrifying cult classic about Black teenage dreams and disappointments.
Spike Lee’s explosively emotional New York drama of sex, drugs, and interracial romance.
A drug addict lesbian artist's career is changed by a beautiful young photo magazine editor.
To celebrate their gay son's marriage to a woman, Taiwanese parents host a madcap banquet.
This radical statement of Black queer power blends exuberant camp and political passion.
Four young men travel from the Bronx to Manhattan seeking action one crazy Friday night.
A bracing, queer feminist response to the patriarchal poison of corporate capitalism.
An ex-nun (Isabelle Huppert) uncovers the sordid past of an amnesiac.
A broke auteur, girl-next-door, and charismatic crook producer meet in this dark comedy.
In this 90s riff on Taxi Driver, Nic Cage stars as a paramedic haunted by unsaved lives.