An elegant, lyrical and compelling portrait of the greatest and most complex of cities. This definitive series chronicles the history of New York from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post to its continuing pre-eminence as the cultural and economic capital of the world.
Winner, Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming: Long Form
- Winner, Alfred I. DuPont Award
- Archival Motion Pictures
- Interview with Ric Burns on making The Center of the World
- Film outtakes including interviews with Martin Scorsese, Donald Trump, Allen Ginsberg, Fran Liebowitz, Robert Caro, Mario Cuomo and others
Episodes include:
1609-1825 The Country and the City
1825-1865 Order and Disorder
1865-1898 Sunshine and Shadow
1898-1918 The Power and the People
1919-1931 Cosmopolis
1929-1941 City of Tomorrow
1945-2000 The City and the World
1946-2003 The Center of the World
Producer: Ric Burns, Steeplechase Films, Inc.
Production Year: 2003
Director: Ric Burns
Narrator: David Ogden Stiers
Number of Discs: 8
Length: 1050 minutes
Audio Format: Stereo
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