The Forces Behind the Gentrification of Harlem

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

Danny Schechter, 2009, 100 mins.

Plunder is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The “News Dissector” explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.

Rezoning Harlem

Dir. Natasha Florentino & Tamara Gubernat, 2008, 40 mins.

Rezoning Harlem follows longtime members of the Harlem community as they fight a 2008 rezoning that threatens to erase the history and culture of their legendary neighborhood and replace it with luxury housing, offices, and big-box retail. A shocking expose of how a group of ordinary citizens, who are passionate about the future of one the city's most treasured neighborhoods, are systematically shut out of the city's decision-making process, revealing New York City's broken public review system and provoking discussion on what we can do about it.

Panel with Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council. More speakers TBA.

http://www.rezoningharlem.com