The Devil Is A Condition (1972)

The Devil Is A Condition explores the housing conditions and needs of the poor Puerto Rican and Black communities together during the late 60s and 70s Set to the soundtrack of free jazz and poetry the film exhibitions of impoverished Black and Puerto Rican life together To take a place like New York where the destinies of the two communities feel inextricably tied recounting that exchangerelationship is enduringly important Jumping from Uptown to Brooklyn and back the The Bronx The Devil is a Condition is both a capsule of a burning New York as well a depiction of how somethings still have failed to change The documentary feels timely in the way that two communities relied on each other both artistically as well as for social progress