# Downside Up - a MASS MoCA documentary (2001) \[VHS\]

Youtube Upload: https://youtu.be/YSdZmuvZ3zA ©2001 New Day Films, produced and directed by Nancy Kelly www.newday.com/films/downside-up The trailer: • Downside UP - New Day Films - Arts - ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Downside UP A Film by Nancy Kelly how art can change the spirit of a place What happens when an impoverished, working-class town decides that its only hope for survival lies within the world of contemporary art? Can these disparate worlds benefit each other? And why would they even try? "Downside UP" captures the beginnings of America's largest museum of contemporary art, MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) and the rebirth of its host-city, North Adams. Through the eyes of filmmaker Nancy Kelly and her family, most of whom worked in the factory before it closed, the film renders the subtle changes in the spirit of a region. "Downside UP" is about the tentative, dangerous notion of hope in a town widely viewed as hopeless. For purchase or rental, contact: New Day Films 22-D Hollywood Ave., #T2, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423 (888)367-9154 (toll free), (201)652-6590, fax (201)652-1973 orders@newday.com, www.newday.com "Heartwarming. Humorous. Honest." —North Adams Transcript "It's a simple, memorable vision of what art can do." —Boston Globe "A dialogue that transforms the artists, curators, and citizens as much as the town's economy… A warm, open, visually arresting…

- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 2001
- By: Nancy Kelly
- Genres: Documentary
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/downside-up)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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