Gentrification Movies

  • 2021
    Clash on Keefer

    Clash on Keefer

    Clash on Keefer

    02021HD

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

    Clash on Keefer
  • 2018
    Ramps to Nowhere

    Ramps to Nowhere

    Ramps to Nowhere

    02018HD

    A film about the cross coalition of communities that stopped a planned network of freeways from being built in Seattle in the late 60s and early 70s....

    Ramps to Nowhere
  • 1982
    Brick by Brick

    Brick by Brick

    Brick by Brick

    8.51982HD

    A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrification, the systematic expulsion of poor Black...

    Brick by Brick
  • 2024
    Mountains

    Mountains

    Mountains

    7.52024HD

    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...

    Mountains
  • 2022
    Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)

    Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)

    Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)

    02022HD

    Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)
  • 2024
    Berlin Utopiekadaver

    Berlin Utopiekadaver

    Berlin Utopiekadaver

    02024HD

    A taxi drives through the city of Berlin. Its driver is a punk, left and a well-known figure in the autonomous scene. The stations of his trip are...

    Berlin Utopiekadaver
  • 1983
    The Fall of the I-Hotel

    The Fall of the I-Hotel

    The Fall of the I-Hotel

    01983HD

    The Fall of the I-Hotel brings to life the battle for housing in San Francisco. The brutal eviction of the International Hotel's tenants culminated a...

    The Fall of the I-Hotel
  • 2020
    There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace

    There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace

    There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace

    02020HD

    Over the course of over six decades, Honest Ed's became a Toronto Landmark. The neighbourhood it left behind when it closed its doors in 2016...

    There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace
  • 2003
    Flag Wars

    Flag Wars

    Flag Wars

    4.42003HD

    Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class...

    Flag Wars
  • 2019
    The Street

    The Street

    The Street

    7.82019HD

    The baker, the pie-maker and the diminished long-term community of Hoxton Street face gentrification in this compelling portrait of a rapidly...

    The Street
  • 2021
    Tell Them We Were Here

    Tell Them We Were Here

    Tell Them We Were Here

    02021HD

    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...

    Tell Them We Were Here
  • 2001
    Berlin Babylon

    Berlin Babylon

    Berlin Babylon

    7.62001HD

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

    Berlin Babylon
  • 2023
    Pan de la Esquina

    Pan de la Esquina

    Pan de la Esquina

    02023HD

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

    Pan de la Esquina
  • 2017
    Quartiers sous tension

    Quartiers sous tension

    Quartiers sous tension

    02017HD

    Quartiers sous tension
  • 2020
    A Rats Arse

    A Rats Arse

    A Rats Arse

    02020HD

    Sitting at the intersection of two main arteries of traffic on Melbournes Northside is a giant yellow rat that is pointing, with a long gnarled claw,...

    A Rats Arse
  • 2017
    Anonymous

    Anonymous

    Anonymous

    02017HD

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

    Anonymous
  • 2017
    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    02017HD

    Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the...

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York
  • 2020
    Seattle Freeway Revolt

    Seattle Freeway Revolt

    Seattle Freeway Revolt

    02020HD

    In the 1950s, Seattle had plans to build one of the densest networks of freeways in the world. It would have displaced thousands, especially the poor...

    Seattle Freeway Revolt
  • 2009
    What happened - No one knows

    What happened - No one knows

    What happened - No one knows

    102009HD

    An unlikely band of misfits has made their home on a roof between a feed mill and the municipal waste treatment plant. But life is good, away from...

    What happened - No one knows
  • 2021
    Whispers of Concrete

    Whispers of Concrete

    Whispers of Concrete

    102021HD

    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...

    Whispers of Concrete