Field Niggas

Field Niggas
Promotional release poster
Directed byKhalik Allah
CinematographyKhalik Allah
Edited byKhalik Allah
Release date
  • February 2015 (2015-02)[1]
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Field Niggas is a 2015 American documentary film directed and edited by Khalik Allah. The film comprises observational footage of, and interviews and discussions with, people at night around the notorious Harlem street corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City. Its subjects are predominantly African American,[2] experiencing poverty, homelessness, drug addiction,[3][4] physical infirmities, and harassment from the police.[5]

  1. ^ "UnionDocsIFP Screen Forward Presents Field Niggas. Opens October 16th". UnionDocs. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ Scherstuhl, Alan (October 13, 2015). "Lexington One Two Five: Experimental Doc 'Field Niggas' Puts You There All Night". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Kenny, Glenn (October 15, 2015). "Review: 'Field Niggas' Is a Meditation on Life on the Streets of East Harlem". The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Hoffman, Jordan (October 15, 2015). "Field Niggas review – hallucinatory portrait of New York street life". The Guardian. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Brody, Richard (January 18, 2018). "A Filmmaker and Photographer's Urgent, Personal Portraits of Harlem at Night". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

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