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((More citations needed|date=July 2012))
((Infobox film
| name           = Downtown: A Street Tale
| image          = DowntownStreetTale.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = Rafal Zielinski
| producer       = Maria Rita Caso<br>Helena Cynamon<br>Joey Dedio<br>Samuel H. Frankel<br>T.J. Mancini<br>Robert O. Ragland
| writer         = [[Joey Dedio]]
| based_on       = 
| screenplay     = 
| narrator       = 
| starring       = Joey Dedio<br>Eliud Figueroa<br>Geneviève Bujold
| music          = [[Eleven (band)|Eleven]]<br>[[Robert O. Ragland]]
| cinematography = Helge Gerull
| color_process  = 
| editing        = Eric Chase
| studio         = Aloe Entertainment
| distributor    = 
| released       = ((Film date|2007|4|7))
| runtime        = 103 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
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'''''Downtown: A Street Tale''''' is a 2004 American [[drama film]].<ref>((Cite web |title=AFI FEST 2022 ((!)) DOWNTOWN: A STREET TALE |url=https://fest.afi.com/movies/downtown-a-street-tale/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=AFI FEST |language=en))</ref>

Its focus is on a group of teenagers and twentysomethings living in the basement of an abandoned factory on 10th Avenue in [[Manhattan]]. Their leader is ex-junkie and hustler Angelo (aka Kick), who serves as a father figure to the motley crew that includes [[gay]] [[African American]] hairdresser Lamont; mentally challenged [[Hispanic]] Tito; [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latina]] stripper Ashley; [[upper class]] drug addict Hunter; [[Romania]]n [[prostitute]] Raquel; and newly arrived from [[Texas]] rock star-wannabe Billy and his pregnant girlfriend Cheri. Added to the mix are social worker Aimee Levesque, who operates the [[fiction]]al shelter Haven House (based on the real-life [[Covenant House]]) and keeps an eye on Angelo and his street kids; and a [[pornography|pornographer]], a strip-club owner, and a wheelchair-using drug dealer. Their stories are told in a series of vignettes unfolding in the days just prior to [[Christmas]].

The [[melodrama]]tic [[independent film]], written and produced by Joey Dedio (who also stars as Angelo) and directed by Rafal Zielinski. In addition to Dedio, the cast of the Slowhand Cinema release includes Jeremy Alan Richards as Lamont, Johnny Sanchez as Tito, Rachel Vasquez as Ashley, [[Chad Allen (actor)|Chad Allen]] as Hunter, Mihaela Tudorof as Raquel, [[James Ransone]] as Billy, Domenica Cameron Scorsese as Cheri, [[Geneviève Bujold]] as Aimee, [[Burt Young]] as the pornographer, [[Lillo Brancato Jr.]] as the strip-club owner, and [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]] as the drug dealer.

The film had its world premiere at the [[American Film Institute|AFI Film Festival]] on November 7, 2004. Following limited releases in New York City and Los Angeles in 2007, it was screened twice at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May.

==Plot summary==
((Expand section|date=March 2023))

==Cast==
* [[Joey Dedio]] as Angelo
* [[Eliud Figueroa]] as Guy in the street
* [[Geneviève Bujold]] as Aimee Levesque
* [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]] as H2O
* [[Burt Young]] as Gus

== Production ==
The soundtrack, available on AJM Records, includes a jazz-infused rendition of the [[Petula Clark]] classic [[Downtown (Petula Clark song)|"Downtown"]] by [[Irene Cara]] and "Children of Color" performed by Clark. This was the last film to be scored by composer [[Robert O. Ragland]].

The movie was Line Produced by Daniel Sollinger.

== Release ==
The film was released in theaters across the United States on April 7, 2007.<ref>((Cite web |title=Downtown: A Street Tale (2004) |website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309531/ |access-date=2023-04-05 ))</ref>

== Reception ==
The film has a [[Metacritic]] score of 44 out of 100.((Citation needed|date=November 2023))
<ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/movies/20down.html?ex=1334721600&en=87614ad0b4b42614&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Review] [[The New York Times]]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-downtown11may11,0,5159162.story Review] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516215741/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-downtown11may11,0,5159162.story |date=2007-05-16 )) [[Los Angeles Times]]</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb title|0309531))
* ((AllMovie title|387814))
* [https://www.myspace.com/downtownthemovie MySpace page]

[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:2004 drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rafal Zielinski]]
[[Category:Films set in New York City]]
[[Category:Films scored by Robert O. Ragland]]
[[Category:American independent films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]


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