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| BookWars | |
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| Directed by | Jason Rosette |
| Written by | Jason Rosette |
| Produced by | James and John Montoya, Michel Negroponte, Jason Rosette, Lee Clark |
| Starring | Peter Whitney, Rick Sherman, Ron Harris |
| Narrated by | Jason Rosette |
| Cinematography | Jason Rosette |
| Edited by | Jason Rosette, Greg Janza |
| Music by | Little Muddy; other music: Willis Jackson, Jack McDuff |
Production companies | Camerado, S.A.I.D. Communications |
| Distributed by | Avatar Films, Camerado |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 10,000 |
| Box office | 250,000 |
BookWars is a New York bookseller documentary by Jason Rosette produced by Camerado, about the life and times of New York City street booksellers.[1] Made on an ultra-low budget in a jazzy, impressionistic style reminiscent of the films of Robert Frank and poetry of the Beat Generation, BookWars is the only first-person documentary made during then-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's controversial "Quality of Life" campaign, which sought to limit and control individuals engaged in informal economic activities on the streets of New York City.
BookWars was released in June 2000, winning the Best Documentary Award at the 2000 New York Underground Film Festival and premiering theatrically at New York's Cinema Village.[2] Despite its minuscule budget (estimated at $10,000, prerelease) BookWars enjoyed numerous domestic and international TV sales and has to date generated revenue of several hundred thousand dollars.
- ^ "Jason Rosette". IMDb.
- ^ "Cinema Village". www.cinemavillage.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.