CINEMA NEW YORK Aseem Chhabra

On the East Coast — in and around New York City, while there are iconic figures like the irrepressible Woody Allen, the master of magnum opus, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee known for his film [Malcolm X]besides numerous other controversial socio-political films. There has been a quieter, smaller but equally energised film industry in NY, where filmmakers made movies on their terms — often small budgets and often exploring more intimate stories that Hollywood’s film machinery would not bank on.