New York:  A Documentary Film by Ric Burns is an elegant, lyrical and compelling portrait of the greatest and most complex of cities.  This definitive series chronicles the history of New York from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post to its continuing pre-eminence as the cultural and economic capital of the world.

 Features include:

Archival Motion Pictures

Interview with Ric Burns on making The Center of the World

Film outtakes including interviews with Martin Scorsese, Donald Trump, Allen Ginsberg, Annie Liebowitz, Robert Caro, Mario Cuomo and others

Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns and Original trailer

Episodes include:

1609-1825       The Country and the City

1825-1865       Order and Disorder

1865-1898       Sunshine and Shadow

1898-1918       The Power and the People

1919-1931       Cosmopolis

1929-1941       City of Tomorrow

1945-2000       The City and the World

1946-2003       The Center of the World