Gentrification Movies

  • 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
  • 2014
    We Came to Sweat

    We Came to Sweat

    We Came to Sweat

    12014HD

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

    We Came to Sweat
  • 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
    One Big Home

    One Big Home

    One Big Home

    02017HD

    On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes threaten to destroy the islands unique character....

    One Big Home
  • 2015
    San Francisco 2.0

    San Francisco 2.0

    San Francisco 2.0

    6.5712015HD

    San Francisco has long enjoyed a reputation as the counterculture capital of America, attracting bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists....

    San Francisco 2.0
  • 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
  • 1976
    Stalk the Wild Child

    Stalk the Wild Child

    Stalk the Wild Child

    01976HD

    A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.

    Stalk the Wild Child
  • 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)
  • 2021
    Allesandersplatz

    Allesandersplatz

    Allesandersplatz

    02021HD

    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...

    Allesandersplatz
  • 2013
    My Brooklyn

    My Brooklyn

    My Brooklyn

    6.42013HD

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

    My Brooklyn
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Beau Ideal

    Beau Ideal

    Beau Ideal

    01970HD

    In the stillness of a remote town, a troubled writer intervenes in a neighbor’s abusive household— testing the limits of truth, heroism...

    Beau Ideal