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Newsweek: "There is Hollywood’s too-perfect version of mental illness—”Ordinary People,” “Rain Man,” “A Beautiful Mind.” And then there’s the raw stuff of “West 47th Street,” a documentary airing this week and next on public-television stations nationwide.



TV Guide: "Editors' Choice."


Washington Post: "Remarkable."




West 47th Street producers Bill Lichtenstein and June Peoples on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered discuss the film with host Lisa Simeone. (Listen to program in Real Audio) (Read Transcript)

Variety magazine review of West 47th Street at Cinequest Film Festival "Involving, insightful" documentary.

 

Tulsa World full-page article and review of West 47th Street. "Its craftsmanship, thoroughness, smart editing and sensitive but clear-eyed handling of its delicate subject matter make it a work of remarkable passion and uncommon decency. Most amazing of all, West 47th Street has the power to be a life-altering cinema experience. Watch it and you'll no longer be able to pass those troubled souls on the street without noticing, without caring, without understanding that attention must be paid." -- Dennis King, Tulsa World


Tulsa World includes West 47th Street in 2004 "10 Best Films of the Year" list (honorable mention.)

 

Austin Chronicle: The Texas Documentary Tour: Bill Lichtenstein and June Peoples'
West 47th Street


Current, the newspaper of public broadcasting. "[West 47th Street} with its four memorable characters, gives emotional oomph to Lichtenstein's multimedia campaign for understanding mental illness, plowing like an icebreaker through frozen assumptions about homeless people."




New York Magazine review August 25, 2003 (Click here to read review).

 

 

The Jewish Week, August 14, 2003.