The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents this 15th anniversary celebration of David Riker’s groundbreaking neorealist classic, La Ciudad (The City). In this landmark NYC film, the lives of the city’s newest Latin American immigrants are given lyrical expression in a series of four stories of loss, hope, and struggle. Filmed over the course of seven years, and featuring a cast of mostly nonprofessional immigrant workers, La Ciudad is a unique portrait of New York at the end of the last century, and a powerful exploration of what it means to be American today.

The screening will feature the world premiere of a newly remastered DCP, and a special post-screening discussion with the filmmaker and members of the original cast.