Dark Days
2000 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 7.3 · 85% critics
This documentary steps into New York City’s underground train tunnels, where a small community has built makeshift homes and a daily routine out of what the city leaves behind. Through candid conversations and moments of survival, it offers an intimate, humane look at life on society’s margins and the bonds that form there.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-08-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (125 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a humane, eye-opening documentary about survival, community, and homelessness that can be tough but deeply affecting; Not for you if you need fast pacing or lighter viewing like Mad Hot Ballroom.
Pros: eye-opening human stories; respectful, compassionate tone; immersive tunnel atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing at times; repetitive visuals for some; grim subject matter
Themes
- new york city
- homelessness
- black and white
- underground tunnel
- 1990s
- unhoused population
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary · 2000
- Sundance Freedom of Expression Award · 2000
Cast & crew
- MS
Marc Singer
as Self
Directed by Marc Singer