In the Street
Cinematography: Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, James Agee
Edited by Helen Levitt / Music by Arthur Kleiner

In the Street was shot in Manhattan's Spanish Harlem and originally entitled I Hate 110th Street. This initial title was taken from an image of a sidewalk chalk graffiti that opened an early version of the film. Edited by photographer Helen Levitt, the film was shot in 1945 and 1946 by Levitt in collaboration with painter/photographer Janice Loeb and writer James Agee. The film was released in 1948 and again in 1952.

"It was a very good neighborhood for taking pictures in those days because that was before television and there was a lot happening, and the older people would sometimes be sitting out on the stoops because of the heat. They didn't have air conditioning in those days.[...] So those neighborhoods were very active." 

-Helen Levitt

Here's an interview recorded with Helen Levitt by Melissa Block of NPR (2009)