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Tenement Stories Film Series Highlights NYC Workers' Struggles

1/31/2026

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The Tenement Stories film series will showcase over fifty films about workers in New York City from Feb. 6–26.
The lineup includes the 2025 documentary Heat, following three women facing housing instability in the Lower East Side.
It also presents early works such as Regeneration (1915) and Shoes (1916) depicting poverty.
The series features immigrant films like East Side, West Side (1927) and The Illegal Immigrant (1985) exploring social exclusion.

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The Tenement Stories film series will showcase over fifty films about workers in New York City from Feb. 6–26.
The lineup includes the 2025 documentary Heat, following three women facing housing instability in the Lower East Side.
It also presents early works such as Regeneration (1915) and Shoes (1916) depicting poverty.
The series features immigrant films like East Side, West Side (1927) and The Illegal Immigrant (1985) exploring social exclusion.