In the opening reel of the 1970 British “B” picture Trog (Joan Crawford’s final film), a team of explorers discovers an ape man living in a series of underground caves. This is essentially the same concept of the new B film The Descent, also of British origin.

Buffalo audiences that recently viewed the previews of the locally made documentary Forgotten City saw firsthand how amateur video footage can be edited into a first-class film. Though lacking any formal training in filmmaking, the Forgotten City videographers did have access to people and communities often unapproachable by the mainstream media. The end result was a compelling glimpse of Buffalo street life—which was an eye-opener for a segregated city where most folks will never experience the poison of impoverished neighborhoods.