IN CINEMA

REZONING HARLEM: The Battle Over Harlem’s Future
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price 
Monday, November 4th at 7PM

Presented with Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY and Third World Newsreel

Natasha Florentino & Tamara Gubernat, 2008, 40 min.

Since 2002, more than 100 rezonings have been signed into law in New York City, including the rezoning of 125th Street in Harlem.

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 exposé of how a group of ordinary citizens, passionate about the future of their treasured community, are systematically shut out of the city’s decision-making process, revealing New York City’s broken public review system. This film provides a behind the scenes view of how policy affects gentrification, resulting in homogenous neighborhoods devoid of character.

Post-screening discussion with Natasha Florentino, Erica Razook, Jerome Haferd, Michael Henry Adams, and Monique Ndigo Washington!

Since 1968, Third World Newsreel (twn) has advanced movement storytelling and media arts for cultural and social justice. We champion the self-representation of historically marginalized communities—including Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, Pacific Islander, African, Middle Eastern, Mixed/Multiracial, People with Disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals—through diverse genres and forms of media, such as documentary, experimental, and fiction. Our comprehensive support includes hands-on training, fiscal sponsorship, educational distribution, and preservation, all designed to advance cultural justice and societal change.