7.5

The BQE

Name: The BQE
Director: Sufjan Stevens
Genre: Music
Released: 2007-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 51 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Lindsay Brickel, Anastasia-Dyan Pridlides, Elaine Tian

“The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway”

200751m

Music

Overview

The BQE is a mixed-media artistic exploration of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway of New York City by Sufjan Stevens. A cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop, and commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music, it was originally performed in the Howard Gilman Opera House in celebration of the 25th anniversary Next Wave Festival in October of 2007.