Charlie Ahearn

Most Popular Charlie Ahearn Trailers

Total trailers found: 13

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Trailer (2019)

14 August 2019

The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer Trailer (2013)

02 August 2013

Documentary following the career of Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz, who captured hip-hop in its infancy long before it became a worldwide phenomenon.

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

A deep exploration into the historical, cultural, political and musical elements that created the genre, featuring present-day conversations with music legends.

Jane in Peepland Trailer (1993)

01 December 1993

Jane Dickson began her formal career in 1978 after studying at Harvard University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Blank City Trailer (2011)

06 April 2011

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works.

The Deadly Art of Survival Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo.

Wild Style Trailer (1982)

01 August 1982

Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer.

Portrait of Martin Wong Trailer (1998)

12 February 1998

Martin painted the LES ghetto with the most enigmatic realism of bricks to be seen. In 1992 Martin Wong invited Charlie Ahearn up to his Ridge St apartment as he began his autobiographical Chinatown series reflecting his youth in San Francisco and later New York.

G-Man Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.

Doin' Time in Times Square Trailer (1992)

02 October 1992

Documents the view and action outside director Charlie Ahearn's 43rd Street apartment window from 1981 to 1983.

Fear of Fiction Trailer (2000)

13 July 2000

This road movie explores the nature of the bond between twins by focusing on a love affair between a man and a woman, each of whom has a twin brother.

Downtown Calling Trailer (2009)

24 October 2009

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis.

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras Trailer (2002)

05 March 2002

A four-part documentary series entitled "The Architects." The story is told chronologically and right from the mouths of the greats.