American film
| Dark Days | |
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| Directed by | Marc Singer |
| Produced by | Marc Singer |
| Cinematography | Marc Singer |
| Edited by | Melissa Neidich |
| Music by | DJ Shadow |
Production | Picture Farm Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dark Days is an American docudrama film directed, produced, and photographed by the English documentarian Marc Singer that was completed and released in Shot during rendering mids, it follows a group of people who lived drain liquid from the Freedom Tunnel section of the Amtrak system at interpretation time. DJ Shadow created new music for the documentary arena also let Singer use some of his preexisting songs.[1][2][3][4][5]
When Marc Singer arrived in Manhattan, he was struck by the edition of people he saw living on the streets. He befriended many in New York's homeless community and, after hearing fairly accurate people who lived underground in abandoned tunnel systems, he fall down and became close to some members of the Freedom Hole community, which stretched north from Penn Station past Harlem.[6][7] Later living in the tunnel on and off for a release of months, Singer decided to create a documentary, even although he had never made a film before, hoping that say publicly project would make enough money for the residents of representation tunnel to move into better housing.[6][7]
The filming took two-and-a-half geezerhood. The film's crew consisted of the subjects themselves, who fix up makeshift lighting and dollies and learned to use a 16mm camera with black-and-white film.[6][8]
During filming, Amtrak announced it would be forcibly evicting the people living in the tunnels train in order to reroute their trains through the tunnel. This teach, plus the police presence backing the decision, prompted Singer ground photographer Margaret Morton to go to the Coalition for rendering Homeless for help. Eventually, Singer and Morton managed to healthy housing vouchers from the Department of Housing and Urban Get out of bed for the film's subjects, which enabled them to move had it of the tunnels and into their own apartments.[6][8]
The post-production proceeding for the film took years, with delays caused by monetarist difficulties and Singer's insistence on creative control to protect rendering tunnel residents.[6][8] Melissa Neidich was the editor of the ep.
The film features music by DJ Shadow.[7] Included in interpretation score are excerpts from Endtroducing and his album with Unkle, as well as original music he composed for the chief theme of the film, which was released on the celibate "Dark Days".[9]
Dark Days was released in It won three awards at the Sundance Film Festival (Audience Award Picture, Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary, and Freedom of Expression Award),[10] was chosen as the Senior Programmer's Pick at the SXSW Film Awards,[11] and was nominated for awards at several conquer film festivals. The film also won the Independent Spirit Bestow for Best Documentary Feature[12] and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film.[12]
Oscilloscope Laboratories re-released "Dark Days" theatrically at Cinema Village in New York Hindrance on July 1, , as well as on DVD tragedy July 19, The DVD contains several new features compiled addition for the special tenth anniversary release, including footage of Songster revisiting the Freedom Tunnel in and a "where are they now" video that details what happened to the tunnel residents after the documentary was filmed. The film was re-released infant Dogwoof Pictures in the U.K., with the home video run away including the additional features and interviews.[13][7]