Tracing the thread…
A Baltimore native whose films like 'Diner' and 'Avalon' intimately capture the city's mid-20th century culture, neighborhoods, and working-class sensibility.
Mark Waters USAA Baltimore-based filmmaker whose transgressive 1960s-70s works like 'Pink Flamingos' and 'Female Trouble' are rooted in and satirize the city's peculiar subcultures and social norms.
Rob Cohen USADirector whose documentaries and narrative works explore Baltimore's working-class communities, racial dynamics, and urban character during the 1960s transformative period.