A New York City street artist witnesses a crime and resolves to redeem his earlier inaction. A silent film in pantomime, this early work by director Charles Lane brings a unique deftness and grace to its social realist narrative. He would later revisit this theme in his next film Sidewalk Stories (1989).
new york city
street artist
black and white
silent film
witness to a crime
short film
loosely based on historical events
based on a true crime