A World Within a World: The Bay Houses of Long Island

March. 01,2020      
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Bay houses were created in the late 1800s, and are maintained and enjoyed by families for generations. In this documentary, experience the unique and special way of life that, in our time, exists nowhere else in America but on the South Shore of Long Island, New York.

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