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Downside Up

How art can change the spirit of a place

★9.0 2002 56m Nancy Kelly PG-13

How does a dying working class town end up betting its future on art? With 80% of its downtown buildings closed, North Adams, Massachusetts united blue-collar locals with art world luminaries to transform economic failure into America's largest center for contemporary art, MASS MoCA. A film by North Adams native Nancy Kelly, DOWNSIDE UP is about the tentative, dangerous notion of hope in a city widely viewed as hopeless.

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How does a dying working class town end up betting its future on art? With 80% of its downtown buildings closed, North Adams, Massachusetts united blue-collar locals with art world luminaries to transform economic failure into America's largest center for contemporary art, MASS MoCA. A film by North Adams native Nancy Kelly, DOWNSIDE UP is about the tentative, dangerous notion of hope in a city widely viewed as hopeless.

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When was Downside Up released?

Downside Up was released on March 8, 2002.

Who directed Downside Up?

Downside Up was directed by Nancy Kelly.

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Downside Up has a runtime of 56 minutes.

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Downside Up is categorized as Documentary.

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