'A Thousand and One': A Love Letter to New York City
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"A Thousand and One" is a mesmerizing New York story of love and survival, motherhood and gentrification, directed by A.V. Rockwell and starring Teyana Taylor. The film follows Inez De La Paz, a tough and beautiful mother who raises her son Terry in a rapidly changing city. The story spans from 1994 to 2005, chronicling the Giuliani and Bloomberg mayoralty years. Rockwell's intimate and humanly scaled vision of New York showcases the beauty and poignant history of the city's jagged, kaleidoscopic parts.
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