Gentrification Movies

Su Friedrich's personal essay charting the destruction of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. After living in the neighborhood for 20 years, the filmmaker was...

As a rural village prepares for its final harvest festival as a luxury building development is greenlit, an ancient threat awakens and Julian must...

A documentary chronicling the history and final days of the Crayola House, a legendary DIY punk venue in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Through archival...

In one single shot, Obras offers a poetic journey through time and space, exploring Barcelona's wild irreversible destruction.

On the occasion of his last regulars’ table in his old neighbourhood of Schwabing, the laconic pensioner Schorsch's pals treat him to a cab...

Diosdado spends his time debating with customers, particularly with his boss, who holds strong opinions about the financial aspects of the...

Tell Them We Were Here is an inspirational feature-length documentary about eight artists who show us why art is vital to a healthy society and...

Tom, a curmudgeonly Montauk mechanic, unexpectedly finds love online with Freckles, a spitfire outcast diabetic like himself. Their newfound...

While looking for a new home for his family, a Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with...

Facing eviction the oldest black-owned gay bar in Brooklyn relies on a passionate community in its fight for survival.

In the Zeeland coastal village of Cadzand, tourism provides year-round employment and vibrancy. At the same time, permanent residents are...

When a Developer comes to a small town looking at a specific piece of land the locals try to warn him off because that particular piece of land is...

Artists, urban planners and the city of Berlin trying to transform a former GDR ruin into a place for new visions and concepts of city - a place...

Cranes and Voices explores the evocative power of sound through the experiences of people who hear voices and a collective of sound investigators,...

Josefa Centeno, an 86-year-old woman, refuses to be uploaded to a digital afterlife, facing the consequences of defying the authoritarian regime....

A tropical fish shop in the East End of London, the last of what used to be many. Tiny, watery dramas inside fish tanks accompany the thoughts of...

Ayi comes from a rural area of Eastern China and doesn’t have the residential permit that would allow her to work in Shanghai. Yet, she has...

Set in Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, GOOD FUNK follows three generations of citizens whose lives intersect...