NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

87 mins | Documentary | July 9, 2007

New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

87 mins | Documentary | July 9, 2007

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers
Original title NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Directors Henry Corra
Writers Jonathan Mahler, Nanette Burstein

Cast

Ed Koch

as

KRS-One

as Himself

Bella Abzug

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Berkowitz

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Byrne

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sid Vicious

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grandmaster Flash

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)