Mall City Documentary 1983 NYU Film Roosevelt Field Mall Culture and Song “Mall City“

Mall City was part of SHOPPING WORLD film festival at Anthology Film Archives this August in NYC! Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 It’s 1983 at Roosevelt Field Mall in Long Island and you meet the mall rats, clerks, and old timers that made up the vibrancy of the modern day town square. Director HUGH KINNIBURGH was a student at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY film school and used his documentary assignment as an opportunity to break new ground. The art-punk band THE RAWTONES needed a music video for their new song MALL CITY. MR. KINNIBURGH and his crew armed with (then) the latest portable video gear let the mall people answer the question in their own words, “Why do you hang out at the mall?” It all adds up to explain the inspiration behind the song MALL CITY which is performed live at the end. Screened in the spring of 2022 at the Forum des Images in Paris, France for their tribute to mall culture, the documentary returned home in 2023 to New York City for three nights in the Lower East Side. A time and place lost forever. If you grew up in the late 70’s and early ’80s you were lucky - this kind of fun will never come back - so enjoy this blast from the past. “Go old school and get on the bus, come hang out, meet your friends because Mall City is Where I Want to Be!” MALL CITY (80 mins) In Person Screening times Summer of 2023 were: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 6:45 PM Meet the Director Friday, August 11, 2023 9:30 PM Meet the Director Wednesday, August 16, 2023 6:45 PM For More Information: Thank you for all the great comments! If you were at Mall City back in the ’80s - Please got to our Mall City website and reach out to me. Mall City is where I wanna be!!!! Background music under Creative Commons and Fair Use. ©1983