Documentary about tiles in asphalt earns West Philly director an award

    You’ve probably seen the tiles in the asphalt around Philadelphia. But did you spend five-and-a-half years figuring out how they got there? Jon Foy did, and the work has paid off. As Peter Crimmins reports, Foy won the U.S. Documentary Competition Director award at the Sundance Film Festival. Peter met up with West Philly-based Foy yesterday.

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