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Directed by Jem Cohen

NYC Weights and Measures

6m 21s

Directed by Jem Cohen • 2005 • United States

Jem Cohen’s ever-observant camera finds flashes of dreamy lyricism on the streets of New York City—and also confronts the realities of the post-9/11 surveillance state.

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