Prof. Kelly Anderson’s My Brooklyn will be screening at Brooklynese screening series on October 29th.
My Brooklyn follows director Kelly Anderson’s journey, as a Brooklyn gentrifier, to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood. The film documents the redevelopment of Fulton Mall, a bustling African-American and Caribbean commercial district that – despite its status as the third most profitable shopping area in New York City – is maligned for its inability to appeal to the affluent residents who have come to live around it. As a hundred small businesses are replaced by high rise luxury housing and chain retail, Anderson uncovers the web of global corporations, politicians and secretive public-private partnerships that drive seemingly natural neighborhood change. The film’s ultimate question is increasingly relevant on a global scale: who has a right to live in cities and determine their future?
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IMA alumna Samantha Farinella and Amanda Katz co-directed the film Gentrification Express: Breaking Down the BQX. It was selected into the Bushwick Film Festival in the “Onwards, Forwards” section.