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Downtown Calling

20091h 15mNRMovieDocumentary

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big…

DirectorShan Nicholson
ProducersMichael Holman·Shan Nicholson

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Cast · Directed by Shan Nicholson

CACharlie Ahearn
Charlie Ahearn
Self
DHDebbie Harry
Debbie Harry
Self - Narrator
AGAdam Goldstein
Adam Goldstein
Self
MHMichael Holman
Michael Holman
Self
FFFab 5 Freddy
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
NGNelson George
Nelson George
Self
ABArthur Baker
Arthur Baker
Self
DJDJ Jazzy Jeff
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Self
CSChris Stein
Chris Stein
Self
QQuestlove
Questlove
Self

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