Drop Dead City

Opens Friday, April 25, 2025

Special Events

• Fri Apr 25 : 

  Q&A with dirs. Peter Yost & Michael Rohatyn & Guy Trebay moderated by Susan Morrison at 6:45 p.m.

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• Sat Apr 26 : 

  Q&A with dirs. Peter Yost & Michael Rohatyn & Tom Beller moderated by Ginia Bellafante at 6:45 p.m.

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• Sun Apr 27 : 

  Q&A with dirs. Peter Yost & Michael Rohatyn moderated by Kevin Baker at 1:25 p.m.

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SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

• Fri Apr 25

  • 6:45 pm Buy Tickets

• Sat Apr 26

  • 6:45 pm Buy Tickets

• Sun Apr 27

  • 1:25 pm Buy Tickets

Friday, April 25 at 6:45 p.m.: Q&A with directors Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn and Guy Trebay moderated by Susan Morrison of the New Yorker

Saturday, April 26 at 6:45 p.m.: Q&A with directors Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn and novelist Tom Beller moderated by Ginia Bellafante of the New York Times

Sunday, April 27 at 1:25 p.m.: Q&A with directors Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn moderated by historian Kevin Baker

Using vibrant archival footage and firsthand accounts, this gripping documentary explores the NYC fiscal crisis of 1975, an extraordinary, overlooked episode in urban American history that saw an already struggling city of 8 million people brought to the edge of bankruptcy and social chaos by a perfect storm of greed, incompetence, ambitious social policy, and poor governance.

“The film feels simultaneously like a time capsule of a bygone era and a woefully relevant exposé of the failings of current, greed-fuelled bureaucracy.” – POV Magazine

Official selection: DOC NYC

• Country USA
• Running Time 109 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Fear City
• Director Peter Yost, Michael Rohatyn
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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