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Emergent city : real estate confronts democracy on NYC's last industrial waterfront / directed by Kelly Anderson & Jay Arthur Sterrenberg.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Real estate development--Economic aspects--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
- Real estate development.
- City planning--Social aspects--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
- City planning.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (100 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Newburgh, New York] : New Day Films, [2024]
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with English subtitles and closed captions.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- "Over a decade, within the borders of a single Brooklyn community district, a microcosm of American democracy emerges. Residents of Sunset Park 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 Industry City - 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 a meticulously crafted 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 including the local council member, Industry City’s developers and community members with divergent stakes. The film explores the profound intersections of gentrification, climate crisis and real estate development, 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."-- Provided by the distributor.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on April 29, 2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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