critics love the production which features the music of bob dylan in a story set in the great depression of the 1930 s. when the audience gets to see it again the themes may feel more relevant than ever . i think about getting in some really tough times so i think that the play will resonate resonate very well after everything we've been there. the city that never sleeps has never been so quiet the current plan is to reopen theaters in january 2021 which would mean 9 months of a new york without live musicals operas or plays. the city is normally buzzing cultural district now resembles a ghost town. even. the lockdown has been lifted but new york is traumatized by what it's gone through not long ago this was the u.s. epicenter for 19 there still worrying news from the rest of the country where the number of cases continues to rise more empty streets and closed doors in manhattan's gallery district in chelsea locals who could afford it fled the city weeks ago those who stayed have bigger things to worry about than going to an art show. these are closed for business with no plans to reopen

in america -- we have an america that bob dylan phrased is "busy being born, not busy dying." [applause] we can have an american turned away from scandals and corruption and cynicism. and is once again as decent and confident as our people. america that has reconciled its economic needs with its desire for an environment that we can pass on to the next generation. thatn have an america provides excellence in education for my child, your child, every child. [applause] we can have an america that encourages and takes pride in our ethnic diversity. our religious diversity. our cultural diversity. that out of this pluralistic heritage has come the strength and vitality and creativity that has made us great and will keep us great. [applause] we can have an american oppressnt that does not or spy on its own people. [applause] we respect our dignity, our privacy and our right to be left alone. we can have an america where equalityn one hand and on the other hand. a mutually supported, not in conflict. in the dreams of our nation's first leaders fully realized in our own day and age.

so she learned english, studied the lyrics of bob dylan and the poetry of walt whitman, and at age 24henever what made you believe you could make it in the united states? >> shakira: destiny? i had no doubt in my mind. i had visions of what was going to happen to me since a very early age. >> whitaker: it was a steady rise until 2018 when she ran afoul of spanish authorities over when she took up residence and how much tax she owes. she's paid about $16 million while she fights the assessment. it's a staggering sum that would have been unimaginable to a young shakira. when she was seven, her father's jewelry business went bankrupt. the family went from middle class to poor overnight. what impact did that have on you? >> shakira: oh, a tremendous impact. it was really important to me to vindicate my family's financial situation and social status. and to a point that it became-- an obsession to me. a healthy obsession, i-- i would say. you know, to succeed in life. to bring my dad and my mom out of that precarious situation. i think that i would not be the same person if my dad hadn't h

bob drew and ricky leecock to filmmakers like the left and da pennebaker follows bob dylan. below him, consulting with al meisel and his brother david. in the lower left, fred wiseman contemplates the next edit on his examination of contemporary american life. then 1973, american viewers were transfixed by cinema verite captured lives of a family. it starts as a sociological examination of the modern american family and took on the trappings of a real-life soap opera. again, suggesting things to come. cinema verite brought a new adage about what a documentary could and should be. old attitudes that nonfiction films met were meant to be for your were challenged by films like what stock, mixing entertainment with close-up looks of the counterculture in action. making a documentary required equipment that could be expensive. the cost of processing and editing added a financial challenge to independent documentarians. that began to change with an advent of relatively inexpensive videotape systems. in the 1970's, a new movement called guerrilla tv launched by groups like video fr