Charlie Ahearn's 1991 video journal through the window of his Times Square apartment.

Despite the success of Charlie Ahearn's seminal hip-hop film Wild Style, he turned from narrative film to painting and video art for most of the 1980s and 1990s. In 1991, he created a video journal through the window of his Times Square apartment 'Doin' Time in Times Square'. He managed to capture Times Square, in all of its' pre-Giuliani glory, during a period of unbridled tension, when Times Square was that strange mixture of very low brow adult side shows and arcades, poverty, hookers, and yes, even high brow theatre a block away. Some called it the freest place on earth, other's called it a hell hole.

Bonus Materials

• 'Jane in Peepland' (20 minutes)
• Kai Eric interviews Charlie Ahearn at Times Square in 2007 (14 minutes)

Additional Details

Label: Brink

Genre: Documentary

Run Time: 39 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 11/20/07

UPC: 187830001022