Dark Days: In NYC, Abandoned Train Tunnels Are Home to a Community of Homeless Dwellers

New York City ’s metro system hustles thousands of multitude through its tunnels on a daily basis . But deep in the mazy internet of tracks and burrow , exists a much slower - moving people , who call this colored outpost home .

In his 2000 documentary Dark Days , Marc Singer follows a grouping of dispossessed New Yorkers living in one particular underground tunnel . The characters themselves and their stories are often quite compelling , but what ’s peradventure most fascinating is the elaborate and technologically good livable home they ’ve build down below — complete with panel manipulate electrical energy to power their television receiver and radios and lightbulbs , and Rube Goldberg machine security system constitute of deal and goat god and twine and pencils .

At times , the photographic film can be difficult to observe . But that ’s only a testament to Singer ’s power to find a story and make us care , when we might otherwise just surpass these people by . live in the city , I think about this movie all the time . You should definitely check it out . [ Netflix ]