Drop Dead City

Opens Friday, April 25, 2025

“Drop Dead City” is the first-ever documentary about the NYC fiscal crisis of 1975, an extraordinary, overlooked episode in urban American history that saw an already crumbling city of 8 million people brought to the edge of bankruptcy and social chaos by a perfect storm of greed, incompetence, ambitious social policy and poor governance.

• Country USA
• Running Time 109 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor DKC News
• Director Peter Yost, Michael Rohatyn
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

IFC Center does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. In addition to the synopses, trailers and other links on our website, further information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com as well as through general internet searches.