Wildwood NJ Blu-ray arrives from the American Genre Film Archive in partnership with Something Weird Video, celebrating a dreamlike portrait of one of America’s last great carnival towns. Shot on luminous Super 8 by directors Ruth Leitman and Carol Weaks Cassidy with an all-women crew, this intimate documentary captures the lives of women shaped by the boardwalk’s neon glow.

Moving beyond surface spectacle, the film follows go-go dancers, haunted house performers, and locals raised among rides and beaches, revealing the emotional texture beneath the glitter. Wildwood NJ stands as both time capsule and cultural snapshot—its evocative imagery even finding new life in Lana Del Rey’s “Diet Mountain Dew” music video.

This release also includes two spiritually aligned companion pieces: the found-media curiosity Girls at the Carnival and the cinéma vérité mall documentary Mall City.

directed by: Ruth Leitman, Carol Weaks Cassidy
1994 / 59 min / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Wildwood, NJ [Blu-ray] w/slip

$39.99

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BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Preserved from the original DigiBeta tape master
• Commentary with co-director Ruth Leitman, moderated by Lauren Servideo
• Girls at the Carnival (1998, 23 min) – found VHS tape filmed in Ohio
• Girls at the Carnival commentary with Derek Erdman and Phil Hootman
• Mall City (1983, dir. Hugh Kinniburgh, 48 min) – documentary on 1980s mall culture filmed at Roosevelt Field Mall
• English SDH subtitles
• Limited edition spot-gloss slipcover (2,000 units)

Additional details
Label: AGFA
Region: Region Free
Number of discs: 1
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