Central Park

Director: Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman, Frederick Wiseman

1990 / 180min / 16mm

The 840 acres of land in the middle of Manhattan, and the various uses it is put to by the city’s residents and visitors, are the subject of Wiseman’s Central Park, which catalogs the plenitude of leisure activities that the park hosts, from cocktail parties to cruising expeditions, as well as the difficulties faced by the New York City Parks Department in keeping the park in running order. Expansive and exuberant, and an accessible point of entry to anyone looking to begin exploring Wiseman’s sprawling oeuvre. “A fine medium for understanding New York itself, how it needs the park and how the park means different things to different people.”—The Los Angeles Times