This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in ...

It's a wonkish but gripping look at how New York's financial crisis of 1975 revealed a crack in the liberal dream.

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There’s a bit of a puzzle at the center of “Drop Dead City” (in theaters), the new documentary about that time New York City barely escaped bankruptcy. Michael Rohatyn, who directed the film ...

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This archaic scenario is the subject of “Drop Dead City,” a new documentary premiering at the IFC Center on Friday that is about New York City's 1975 fiscal crisis, which sent it teetering on ...

The story is told in the new documentary, “Drop Dead City,” which premieres at the IFC Center Friday. The film’s co-directors, Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn, joined “Inside City Hall ...

Drop Dead meticulously dismantles long-accepted narratives about the 1975 fiscal crisis. The famous tabloid headline "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" entered the collective memory as historical fact ...