Untitled Mars Bar Documentary (2021)

The Mars Bar of New York's Lower East Side was a filthy art dive infamous for chaos, intoxication, and characters, but it was also an unsung crucible of culture in the city's creative heyday of the 1980's and 90's. To the misfits and marginalized in the neighborhood, it was a home. Its closing amidst New York's runaway gentrification is symbolic of the stifling of creative communities around the country, and left patrons wondering where to find the freedom, character, and authenticity Mars provided.