A women’s self-defense class at the Imperial Ballroom Dance Studio in Chinatown, New York City, amid rising anti-Asian and gender-based hate incidents in the city.
Short profile of Jen Prezioso who runs the last butcher shop in Little Italy, Albanese Meats & Poultry, a fourth-generation business founded nearly 100 years ago. Little Italy in Manhattan, New York City.
Alexis Manzano (Apple Tree Poetry) writes a poem for a couple on his typewriter on a fall day in Washington Square Park, New York City.
Animal rights activists and politicians have long sought to end horse ride carriages in Central Park. In July 2022, Queens City Councilman Robert Holden introduced a bill to replace horse-drawn carriages with electric ones. After a horse died on October 17, Onur Altintas, owner and operator of a carriage in the park, is worried that the bill is gaining attention. Produced and narrated by Khadijah Khogeer.
At the 15th annual Indigenous Day of Remembrance in Columbus Circle, activists and participants gather to protest the presence of the Christopher Columbus statue, which they want to be replaced with an Indigenous monument. But their support is small so the event acts as a forum to reconnect with the Indigenous spirit of Manhattan. Produced and narrated by Khadijah Khogeer.