Manhatta

Manhatta

  • Charles Sheeler
  • Paul Strand
  • 1921
  • United States
  • 10 minutes
  • silent
  • © Centre Pompidou -MNAM - Cinéma
    © Centre Pompidou -MNAM - Cinéma
  • © Centre Pompidou -MNAM - Cinéma
    © Centre Pompidou -MNAM - Cinéma
  • © Centre Pompidou -MNAM - Cinéma
    © Centre Pompidou -MNAM - Cinéma

A visual poem on New York’s first skyscrapers, based on Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. It has been described as “the first avant garde” film in America.

  • Photography, Editing, Production : Paul Strand, Charles Sheelert

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