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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Gnome
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Gnome
  • 1 h 21 m
Foreign Parts

Summary A hidden enclave in the shadow of the New York Mets' new stadium, the neighborhood of Willets Point is an industrial zone fated for demolition. Filled with scrapyards and auto salvage shops, lacking sidewalks or sewage lines, the area seems ripe for urban development. But Foreign Parts discovers a strange community where wrecks, refuse a...

Directed By: Verena Paravel, J.P. Sniadecki

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Gnome
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Gnome
  • 1 h 21 m

Foreign Parts

Metascore Generally Favorable
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Summary A hidden enclave in the shadow of the New York Mets' new stadium, the neighborhood of Willets Point is an industrial zone fated for demolition. Filled with scrapyards and auto salvage shops, lacking sidewalks or sewage lines, the area seems ripe for urban development. But Foreign Parts discovers a strange community where wrecks, refuse a...

Directed By: Verena Paravel, J.P. Sniadecki

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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90
Mar 10, 2011
People talk but don't say too much, and as curious and thorough as Ms. Paravel and Mr. Sniadecki are - Foreign Parts is the result of many months of patient filming - they are too polite to pry. But their tact adds to the richness of their film, which discovers a busy, complicated world within the space of few unlovely city blocks.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 8, 2011
New Yorkers and those who've been following the neighborhood's plight know exactly how this ends; at the very least, Paravel and Sniadecki have preserved the memory of what was. Sometimes, that's the most you can do.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 8, 2011
Foreign Parts engages in sociological inquiry without narration or contextual handholding, utilizing incisive, striking aesthetics (a panorama of hanging side mirrors, worn shoes trudging through grimy puddles) to elicit potent subcultural immersion.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 10, 2011
The reinvention of this neighborhood may be in the cause of progress for New York's urban landscape, but sometimes you can't help feeling that the planners and the bureaucrats should leave well-enough alone.
By Richard Mowe FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Film Study Center at Harvard University, LEF Foundation, Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL)
Release Date Mar 10, 2011
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://foreignpartsfilm.com/
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra Punto de Vista
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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