Gentrification Movies

  • 2017
    Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

    Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

    Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

    02017HD

    Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO)...

    Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels
  • 2017
    Fishtown Soldier

    Fishtown Soldier

    Fishtown Soldier

    02017HD

    In the heart of the rapidly gentrifying Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia three streets meet to form a bustling intersection of born-and-raised...

    Fishtown Soldier
  • 2022
    Urgent message from the south about an upcoming invasion

    Urgent message from the south about an upcoming invasion

    Urgent message from the south about an upcoming invasion

    22022HD

    A dystopian short film about the gentrification processes in a city that could be Buenos Aires.

    Urgent message from the south about an upcoming invasion
  • 2024
    Dear Little Haiti

    Dear Little Haiti

    Dear Little Haiti

    102024HD

    A love letter to a place that will forever be home, a visual ode, and a farewell to a neighborhood that is rapidly changing due to the forces of...

    Dear Little Haiti
  • 2016
    Die Stadt als Beute

    Die Stadt als Beute

    Die Stadt als Beute

    62016HD

    Berlin is changing. The film maker interviewed and accompanied real estate agents and investors and filmed tenants struggling to cope with the...

    Die Stadt als Beute
  • 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
  • 2017
    Denim

    Denim

    Denim

    02017HD

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

    Denim
  • 2024
    Basin of Souls

    Basin of Souls

    Basin of Souls

    02024HD

    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...

    Basin of Souls
  • 2015
    Wem gehört die Stadt - Bürger in Bewegung

    Wem gehört die Stadt - Bürger in Bewegung

    Wem gehört die Stadt - Bürger in Bewegung

    02015HD

    Wem gehört die Stadt - Bürger in Bewegung
  • 2009
    Empire St. Pauli on Strings of Pearls and Sending-Offs

    Empire St. Pauli on Strings of Pearls and Sending-Offs

    Empire St. Pauli on Strings of Pearls and Sending-Offs

    02009HD

    In the global competition between cities, Hamburg is competing with other metropolises. Urban development should ensure favorable location factors...

    Empire St. Pauli on Strings of Pearls and Sending-Offs
  • 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
  • 2013
    Right to Wynwood

    Right to Wynwood

    Right to Wynwood

    02013HD

    Right to Wynwood is an investigative documentary that explores the causes and effects of gentrification in Wynwood. Through interviews with...

    Right to Wynwood
  • 1970
    The Dead River

    The Dead River

    The Dead River

    01970HD

    When a Developer comes to a small town looking at a specific piece of land the locals try to warn him off because that particular piece of land is...

    The Dead River
  • 2025
    Ser Fronterizo: Crónicas de las Asimetrías Globales

    Ser Fronterizo: Crónicas de las Asimetrías Globales

    Ser Fronterizo: Crónicas de las Asimetrías Globales

    02025HD

    Ser Fronterizo: Crónicas de las Asimetrías Globales
  • 1970
    Whose Barrio?

    Whose Barrio?

    Whose Barrio?

    01970HD

    Jose Rivera is a lifelong resident of Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) but is afraid that gentrification will force him out. James Garcia has just bought...

    Whose Barrio?
  • 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
  • 1970
    Everything Is Fine

    Everything Is Fine

    Everything Is Fine

    01970HD

    Evanston, a suburb just north of Chicago, touts its progressivism and inclusion. It was the first city in the U.S. to offer reparations for Black...

    Everything Is Fine
  • 1970
    Tingog sa Carbohanon

    Tingog sa Carbohanon

    Tingog sa Carbohanon

    01970HD

    Carbon vendors fight for their rights to protect their stalls from oppressors.

    Tingog sa Carbohanon
  • 1970
    Where the Black Dog Runs

    Where the Black Dog Runs

    Where the Black Dog Runs

    01970HD

    As a rural village prepares for its final harvest festival as a luxury building development is greenlit, an ancient threat awakens and Julian must...

    Where the Black Dog Runs
  • 2025
    Mijn Noord

    Mijn Noord

    Mijn Noord

    02025HD

    The working-class Tuindorp Nieuwendam neighborhood in Amsterdam-Noord is like a village within the city. Many natives of the Northern Netherlands...

    Mijn Noord