A Contemporary Indie Classic · Filmed on the Streets of New York, 1995–2000 · Part of the MoMA Circulating Film Collection

Award Winning Bookseller Documentary: 'BookWars'

A time capsule of 1990s New York, before it changed forever - now a contemporary classic!

a Film by Jason Rosette

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'TERRIFIC' - LA Times

'Superb...mesmerizing'

- New York Film Critics Circle

'Abounds in fascinating detail'

- The New Yorker

SYNOPSIS

The gritty world of New York City street booksellers is exposed in a remarkable story that chronicles their lives and loves and their unique perspectives on life. Made on location at the sidewalk book tables of New York by a fellow street bookseller, 'BookWars' explores the other side of the book tables along the streets of the Village, on the Lower East Side, along 6th avenue, and elsewhere in New York City.

See the Mayor, the University and the NYPD try to shut them down!

'Superb...mesmerizing'
— NY Film Critics Circle
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As seen on Arte/ZDF, SVT, NHK, Bravo!, Metrochannels, Cinemapop, PBS, and many other domestic and international platforms...continuously streaming since the year 2000!


(Review) 'Bookwars' Directed by Jason Rosette by Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Film Critics Circle

"In BookWars, a superb nonfiction film by first-time feature director Jason Rosette, books are more than sources of knowledge. They are merchandise that's appraised, bought and sold. They're also artifacts, sometimes clean and intact but more often damaged, whose condition at the point of sale says plenty about the conscientiousness of the seller. Most of all, they're an addictive substance."
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'Superb...mesmerizing' - NY Film Critics Circle

'Terrific' - Los Angeles Times

'Abounds in fascinating detail' - The New Yorker

'Utterly Compelling' - Jacksonville Film Journal

New York bookseller movie, 'BookWars': Street bookseller Pete shows off his cash in the bookseller movie 'BookWars'
New York bookseller movie, 'BookWars': Zach prices a book in the New York bookseller documentary film, 'BookWars'
New York bookseller movie, 'BookWars': Marvin hunts for books and magazines in lower Manhattan on a cold winter day
New York bookseller movie, 'BookWars': Marv sells books on 6th avenue, as seen in the award winning motion picture, 'BookWars'
New York booksellers documentary, 'BookWars': Filmmaker Jason Rosette whooting scenes from the feature documentary, 'BookWars', in Manhattan, New York City
New York bookseller movie, 'BookWars': Reading Nietzsche at a sidewalk bookstand in Manhattan, from the New York bookseller documentary 'BookWars'
Runtime: 79 minutes | Language: English | Director: Jason Rosette
Written, Directed, Photographed & Edited by Jason Rosette
Produced by James & John Montoya, Michel Negroponte, and Jason Rosette
A Camerado Media Production, in Association with S.A.I.D Communications
Additional Editing: Greg Janza · Motion Graphics: Eric Schirra
Technical Operator: Dennis Muldrow · Associate Producer: Lee Clark
Additional Editing Services: Field & Frame, Albuquerque, NM
With Support from The Playboy Foundation & The Experimental TV Center
© Copyright 1999–2125 Camerado Media. All Rights Reserved.
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