1970s New York City on Film: The Warriors

Please join us on Wednesday, August 21 at 7 p.m. for a screening of Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979, 92 min) in the first floor corner room of Mid-Manhattan Library.

1970s New York City on Film is part of NYC Summer and a full schedule is available at bit.ly/nycsummer-nypl

All film screenings are FREE and each program includes an introduction to the film as well as a guided discussion afterwards. Seating is first-come, first-served and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The Warriors (1979, 92 min) is a cult film directed by Walter Hill based on Sol Yurick's 1965 The Warriors with both borrowing elements from Xenophon’s Anabasis. Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, calls a midnight summit of all area gangs, but then he is murdered and The Warriors are framed for it. Now they must pass through gang territory to try and return safely to Coney Island.

Please contact Karen Ginman at karenginman@nypl.org or Thomas Knowlton at thomasknowlton@nypl.org if you have any questions.

Do you need a film flyer? Click here for a PDF of the flyer. The complete film listing is also on page 13 of the NYPL NOW magazine.