Following up on a landscape previously documented in Ramin Bahrani’s brilliant narrative feature Chop Shop, directors Prudence Katze and William Lehman chronicle the multiyear eviction process in The Iron Triangle as small business owners in Willets Point are forced out in the name of urban renewal. From the outside, Willets Point looks like a third world country sitting next to Citi Field, a network of deteriorating roads, auto body shops, and junkyards; it’s certainly not pretty, even if it’s functional.
The Iron Triangle is a largely political documentary focusing on the forces that threaten the way of life in a community founded largely by Italian and Greek immigrants to provide cheap, efficient automobile service at a fair price. Transactional in nature, Katze and Lehamn miss an opportunity to dive into the personal lives of the workers impacted by the move, utilizing talking heads–including academics and the...
The Iron Triangle is a largely political documentary focusing on the forces that threaten the way of life in a community founded largely by Italian and Greek immigrants to provide cheap, efficient automobile service at a fair price. Transactional in nature, Katze and Lehamn miss an opportunity to dive into the personal lives of the workers impacted by the move, utilizing talking heads–including academics and the...
- 11/25/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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