Emergent City (Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Kelly Anderson 2024) - Through
the story of organizing in one neighborhood, a look at the
intersections of gentrification, climate crisis and development. Over
a decade, within the borders of a single Brooklyn community district,
residents face a tangled web of rising rents, a legacy of
environmental racism and the loss of the industrial jobs that once
sustained their community. When a global developer purchases a massive
industrial complex on the waterfront - and begins to transform it into
an innovation district, a battle erupts over the future of the
neighborhood and of New York City itself. Emergent City is an
observational civic epic. It sheds light on power and process,
illuminating systems and giving viewers a front row seat to the public
and private spaces where the city is shaped. With extraordinary
access, it tracks an ensemble of participants and asks how change
might emerge from dialogue and collective action in a world where too
many outcomes are constrained by money, politics and business as
usual. 99 min. Post-screening discussion with director Kelly
Anderson, producer Brenda Avila Hanna and organizers from the film
Carlos Menchaca and Antoinette Martinez. Pre-Screening performance by
Sabine McCalla.
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