In Jackson Heights

2015 American film
  • Karen Konicek
  • Frederick Wiseman
CinematographyJohn DaveyEdited byFrederick Wiseman
Production
company
Moulins Films
Distributed byZipporah Films
PBS (USA) (TV)
Release date
  • 4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time
190 minutesCountriesUnited States
FranceLanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Arabic
Hindi

In Jackson Heights is a 2015 documentary film about the community of Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, directed by Frederick Wiseman. The film received widespread critical acclaim.[1][2] In 2017, the film was considered the thirteenth "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by The New York Times.[3]

Synopsis

The film documents events in Jackson Heights, including "a Muslim school, a Jewish center, a meeting of gay and transgender people, a City Council office and the local headquarters of Make the Road New York, an activist organization dedicated to Latino and working-class people."[4]

Release

Critical response

In Jackson Heights has received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 95%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.[1] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]

In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Phillips wrote, "True to Wiseman's form, In Jackson Heights contains no on-screen identification of camera subjects, no voice-over narration and little in the way of overt polemics. By the end, you arrive at the essential paradox found in every Wiseman portrait: a clear sense of just how cloudy our world and our environments have become."[5] For The New York Times, Manohla Dargis wrote, "Wiseman’s latest documentary is a movingly principled, political look at a dynamic neighborhood in which older waves of pioneers make room for new, amid creeping gentrification."[4]

In Peter Bradshaw's review for The Guardian, he called it "an engaging portrait—film-making which works from the ground up."[6]

Accolades

[7]

Award Subject Nominee Result
Chicago International Film Festival Best Documentary Frederick Wiseman Nominated
Cinema Eye Honors[8] Outstanding Achievement in Direction Frederick Wiseman Nominated
Indiewire Critics' Poll Best Documentary 3rd Place
International Cinephile Society Awards[9] Best Documentary 2nd Place
International Online Cinema Awards[10] Best Documentary Frederick Wiseman 3rd Place
BFI London Film Festival[11] Documentary Film Frederick Wiseman Nominated
National Society of Film Critics Awards[12] Best Non-Fiction Film 2nd Place
New York Film Critics Circle Awards[13] Best Non-Fiction Film Won
Venice International Film Festival Queer Lion Nominated
Village Voice Film Poll Best Documentary 4th Place

Box office

As of 4 November 2016, the film has grossed $121,094 at the box office.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "IN JACKSON HEIGHTS (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "In Jackson Heights 2015". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ Dargis, Manohla; Scott, A.O. (9 June 2017). "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b Dargis, Manohla (3 November 2016). "Review: 'In Jackson Heights,' an Ode to the Immigrant Experience". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ^ Phillips, Michael (10 December 2015). "Review 'In Jackson Heights' gives everyone their say in the multi-ethnic Queens neighborhood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (6 September 2015). "In Jackson Heights review—immersive documentary brings diverse New York City community alive". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. ^ "9TH ANNUAL CINEMA EYE". Cinema Eye Honors. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Carol Takes the Driver's Seat at 2016 ICS Award Nominations". ICS Film. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  10. ^ "International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)". IMDB. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. ^ "The 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® announces full 2015 programme". British Film Institute. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Awards for 2015 films". National Society of Film Critics. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. ^ "2015 Awards". NYFCC. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  14. ^ "In Jackson Heights". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

External links

  • Official website
  • In Jackson Heights at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Films directed by Frederick Wiseman
  • Titicut Follies (1967)
  • High School (1968)
  • Law and Order (1969)
  • Hospital (1970)
  • Welfare (1975)
  • Missile (1988)
  • Ballet (1995)
  • Public Housing (1997)
  • Domestic Violence (2001)
  • State Legislature (2007)
  • La Danse (2009)
  • Boxing Gym (2010)
  • In Jackson Heights (2015)
  • Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
  • Monrovia, Indiana (2018)
  • City Hall (2020)
  • A Couple (2022)
  • Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
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Best Documentary
1980–1997
Best Non-Fiction Film
1998–present


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