Gentrification Movies

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

Nicknamed "The Black Beverly Hills," View Park, Baldwin Hills, and Ladera Heights, are unarguably the three most wealthiest black neighborhoods in...

The Oven Sky (2011) is set in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood where newcomers pressure a longtime resident to turn her yard filled with lawn...

The Domino Effect is a feature length documentary film that explores the origins and impacts of gentrification and luxury redevelopment in...

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...

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

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

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...