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Dark Days

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"Dark Days" is a feature length documentary about a community of homeless people living in a train tunnel beneath Manhattan. The film depicts a way of life which is unimaginable to most of those who walk the streets above. In the pitch blackness of the tunnel rats swarm through piles of garbage and high-speed trains out of Penn station tear through the darkness.

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Marc Singer's documentary about a group of homeless people living beneath the streets of New York City is haunting and uplifting in equal measure.

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Jack Mathews New York Daily News 03/03/2014
3.5/4
This is the world discovered and illuminated by gonzo documentarian Marc Singer, who spent a good part of two years living with and chronicling the lives of a half-dozen tunnel dwellers for his remarkable first film, Dark Days Go to Full Review David Bianculli New York Daily News 03/03/2014
3.5/4
Moving and memorable. Go to Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 03/03/2014
The lives of these people inside their shacks are full of surprises as well as grim confirmations, but the things we don't know about them also significantly shape our experience of the film. Go to Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos 07/31/2023
Dark Days is well-paced, knowing when to ramble and when to pull you up short. Great editing. Great choices of which stories to tell on camera. Go to Full Review Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com 11/21/2020
4.5/5
Dark Days is an unimaginable story, skillfully documented by a passionate film making novice, and wonderfully scored by the high-profile DJ Shadow. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/29/2014
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Michael Edwards @Mikedbigame Nov 15 One the best documentaries ever made. See more Claudio C @Claudio666 Jul 30 Dark Days (2000) For First World Viewers (11,864 – 30 Jul 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) Marc Singer lived with homeless people near Penn Station, in the Amtrack tunnels, for a reasonable period. Along this time, he interviews and shows how this invisible population lives and their personal dramas. But this is the typical documentary for first world viewers that are not used to seeing homeless in their neighborhoods, streets and sites under the bridges and squares. Or slums, where many workers and their families live. For Brazilian people, is not necessary to see a DVD to be aware of this sad reality. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): Not Available My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ See more Oaklee D @ODie63 Jul 1 A documentary about how some of those less fortunate live and a lesson in making something out of nothing. See more Heather F 07/20/2024 This is the documentary that made me interested in documentaries. It's a well-balanced, realistic look at the lives of our unhoused neighbors in New York City's subway and train tunnels in the 1990s. What makes it well-balanced is that it portrays their humanity--although on one level it is devastating to see this way of life, it is no pity party. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 11/25/2022 The best documentary movie ever made! See more 01/14/2020 Equal parts inspiring and depressing. A literal subculture beneath the wealth. A side of truth that not many people get to see. See more Read all reviews
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Marc Singer

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Marc Singer

Self

Marc Singer

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Randall Mesdon

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Gordon Paul

Executive Producer

Paolo Seganti

Executive Producer

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Synopsis "Dark Days" is a feature length documentary about a community of homeless people living in a train tunnel beneath Manhattan. The film depicts a way of life which is unimaginable to most of those who walk the streets above. In the pitch blackness of the tunnel rats swarm through piles of garbage and high-speed trains out of Penn station tear through the darkness.
Director
Marc Singer
Producer
Marc Singer
Distributor
The Sundance Channel, Columbia Pictures, Palm Pictures
Production Co
Picture Farm
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 27, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$436.8K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)
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