Gentrification Movies

In recent years, the Marga Marga Province has witnessed a drastic change in the visual and sound landscape due to urban expansion. Faced with the...

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...

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

An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.

After a long absence an artist returns to her gentrified community where she explores her social position and complicity in the rapid changes.

Denim' is a poetic short film by writer, poet and performer Siana Bangura, exploring gentrification and social cleansing in South East London....

Arriving in the US with a background in abstract art, opera, and film—including work with German director Werner Schroeter—Vogl began...

A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Chronicling the events surrounding the protests generated by the proposed redevelopment of an empty lot at 105 Keefer St., located at the heart of...

After moving to a small mountain community, a troubled writer entangles himself in a new neighbor's abusive family situation.

Rua de Santa Catarina, a street that was formerly home to dozens of local businesses and hundreds of Porto residents, now sees a crowd of tourists...

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

Director Kelly Anderson's personal journey as a Brooklyn 'gentrifier' to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and...

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

A short film focusing on bawdy talk and Italian-American stereotypes of African-Americans.

A short documentary about gentrification and tenant activism in one Toronto neighbourhood, "This House Is Not A Home" presents a poignant and...

A short film about the changing face of London Soho and the implications of gentrification on Mimi, an aging transvestite.

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

In 1959 New York City announced a "slum clearance plan" by Robert Moses that would displace 2,400 working class and immigrant families, and dozens of...