In Jackson Heights. 2015. USA/France. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. DCP. In English, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi; English subtitles. 190 min.
The history of New York has always been about gentrification, the haves and the have-nots, and the arrival of each successive wave of immigrants brings new sounds, tastes, talents, and resentments. These are among the myriad subjects of Frederick Wiseman’s magisterial account of what America means to him. He observes nine weeks in the teeming life of Jackson Heights, Queens, one of the most ethnically diverse and colorful neighborhoods in New York—and, by extension, the world.