''Voices in the Tunnels'' (Formerly titled "In Search of the Mole People") is a 2008
documentary directed by Vic David, a
New York City
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filmmaker and a graduate from
New York University
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In 1832, th ...
. It explores the lives of people who lived in the
New York City Subway tunnels.
See also
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''Dark Days'' (film), a 2000 documentary on New York City tunnel inhabitants by filmmaker Marc Singer
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Freedom Tunnel
The Freedom Tunnel is the name given to the railroad tunnel on the West Side Line under Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City. Used by Amtrak trains to and from Pennsylvania Station, it got its name because the graffiti artist Chris "Fre ...
, a railroad tunnel in New York City frequently inhabited by homeless people
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Mole people
Mole people (also called tunnel people or tunnel dwellers) are homeless people living under large cities in abandoned subway, railroad, flood, sewage tunnels, and heating shafts. The term may also refer to the speculative fiction trope of an en ...
, homeless people living under large cities in abandoned subway, railroad, flood, and sewage tunnels
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Tunnel People
''Tunnel People'' (Dutch title: ''Tunnelmensen'') is an anthropological-journalistic account describing an underground homeless community in New York City. It is written by war photographer and anthropologist Teun Voeten and was initially publi ...
'', a 2010 book on New York City tunnel inhabitants by anthropologist and journalist Teun Voeten
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Urban exploration
Urban exploration (often shortened as UE, urbex and sometimes known as roof and tunnel hacking) is the exploration of manmade structures, usually abandoned ruins or hidden components of the manmade environment. Photography and historical inter ...
, the exploration of man-made structures including tunnels as a hobby
External links
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*http://www.journeyman.tv/59381/documentaries/voices-in-the-tunnels.html
American documentary films
2008 films
2008 documentary films
Documentary films about New York City
Documentary films about homelessness in the United States
Films set on the New York City Subway
Subterranea of the United States
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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