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From: Erik Gudris <[log in to unmask]>
I'm writing to you in regards to a new film Outcast Films is distributing
called GUT RENOVATION by acclaimed filmmaker Su Friedrich.
You can read more about the film and watch the trailer here
http://outcast-films.com/films/gut/index.html but in the meantime, below
is a brief description:
A documentary of small changes evolves into an historical record of New
York. The resulting film is a melancholy, essayistic requiem for a
neighborhood and an entire way of life; it also provides a case study of
the rapid gentrification of our cities.
"GUT RENOVATION provides a personal account of the demolition and the
resulting physical, social, and economic changes in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn. Filmed over a five-year period, the film chronicles the rapid
change of Williamsburg from a working-class industrial neighborhood to a
neighborhood of residential condominiums catering to upper income
households. Contrary to policymakers' descriptions of the former
neighborhood as moribund, the film highlights the displacement of
businesses from the formerly vibrant industrial neighborhood. In doing so
the filmmaker calls into question public policies that hastened real
estate development in Williamsburg. This film is of interest to urban
planners, policy makers, and urban designers involved in the shaping of
the built environment. - Suzanne Lanyi Charles, Assistant Professor of
Architecture, Northeastern University"
The film has been very well received among the architectural and urban
planning community. We would like to find out if there is interest in
review the film for the _Journal of Urban History_.
Erik Gudris
Outcast Films
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