Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive

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Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive is a television documentary that originally aired on April 11, 1980. It was directed by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno for New York Channel 13. [1] [2]

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Plot

The film details the lives of six people who live on Third Avenue in New York City. The individuals are a car thief, a Bowery homeless man, a mother on welfare, a male prostitute, a factory employee, and a barber. [2]

Reception

Tom Shales of The Washington Post said, "This program is essentially about whatever it is that makes people stand up and curse and dare anybody to trample them again." [2] The film won two Emmy Awards. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Krafft, R.; National Endowment for the Arts; O'Doherty, B. (1991). The Arts on Television, 1976-1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming. Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television Program, National Endowment for the Arts. p. 196. ISBN   978-0-16-035926-2 . Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Shales, Tom (April 11, 1980). "Six Stories From the Naked City". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 15, 2021.


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