documentary

A new documentary follows the origins of an everyday object we take for granted.

The film is about Julio Rivera, who was murdered for being gay in 1990.

"Scott's Pizza Tours" follows New York City's pizza expert and pizzeria tour guide, Scott Wiener.

The event will feature personal narratives by senior citizens who have lived in the Lower East Side.

The 1990 film portraying the city's ballroom community will be shown in Prospect Park on June 26.

A free showing of the 1990 documentary is part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival this summer.

A new short film calls on viewers to support a strugging East Village business impacted by construction.

The screening of Judy Chicago's "Butterfly for Brooklyn" pyrotechnic display will take place April 9.

Maysles directed "Grey Gardens," and "Gimme Shelter." He founded the Maysles Cinema on Lenox Avenue.

"The Age of Love" will show in Queens, Manhattan and The Bronx ahead of Valentine's Day.

"Death Metal Angola" documents the nascent metal scene in the African country. 

The documentary is called "Beautiful, United and Free: The Cultural Movement of Arrested Development."

Chang Han's attempts to live out a rock and roll dream will be chronicled in "Sexy Enough for Chang."

David McCallum's family still lives in the neighborhood where he was arrested 29 years ago at age 16.

The Starlite Lounge closed in 2010 after its building's landlord sold the space.