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Life and Sex Work in Portland, OR
There's the anecdote about Portland having the most strip clubs of any city in the US. Along with these strip clubs there are a lot of women doing sex work in and around the city. How do they feel about it? How do they do it? Who are they? And where do they get the support they need. This short looks at sex work and the social services agencies that have gathered together to provide services and resources for a very present, and yet hidden and dismissed, group of women working in Portland. There's the anecdote about Portland having the most strip clubs of any city in the US. Along with these strip clubs there are a lot of... more
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Feminist Bookstore and the Politics of Place
Gentrification is a nationwide problem creating displacement and outrage everywhere it occurs. Yet so many of the people moving into a gentrifying neighborhood consider their own role in the process. In NE Portland, a non-profit, feminist bookstore takes over a space formerly occupied by an African American arts center and raises questions of what it means to participate in gentrification. Gentrification is a nationwide problem creating displacement and outrage everywhere it occurs. Yet so many of the people moving into ... more
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Invincible feat. Finale- "Locusts" (docu-music-video)
Detroit based Hip-Hop artists Invincible and Finale rhyme about the impacts of gentrification on the Motor City. This piece includes interviews with community activists discussing displacement and predatory planning versus sustainable development in the D.
Both the song and video for "Locusts" by Invincible feat. Finale, (produced by DJ House Shoes) are from Invincible's debut album Shapeshifters available on www.EMERGENCEmusic.net and www.bling47.com). Detroit based Hip-Hop artists Invincible and Finale rhyme about the impacts of gentrification on the Motor City. This piece includes i... more -
The People's Park!
In the summer of 2007, an energetic group of artists, activists and community members re-claimed an unused former train yard in Syracuse, New York, turning it into a community garden and sculpture park. Individuals volunteered their time and energy to plant a large flower bed, create hand made signs and donated large scale sculptural works of art for display.
Located in a historically creative neighborhood (the near west side), Lipe Art Park was named after a local inventor and businessman, C.E. Lipe, who owned the C.E. Lipe Machine Shop at 208 S. Geddes Sreet. Established in 1880, this shop became an incubator for inventors, with 360 patents coming off the corner of S. Geddes St and West Fayette Streets. C.E. Lipe is also known for his many prolific inventions including: a cigar-rolling machine, a broom-winding machine, motion picture equipment, automatic looms and time recorders. Lipe Art Park, in its completion, represents a re-birth of this historic innovation.
Lipe Art Park is now a popular public space that provides a venue for artists to show their work, paint, sculpt, sing, play musical instruments, write, recite poetry, dance, join in a drum circle, or invent in a large outdoor greenspace. It also serves the direct neighborhood as a central meeting area and a flowering park.
In the summer of 2007, an energetic group of artists, activists and community members re-claimed an unused former train yard in Syracu... more -
Straight Outta Hunters Point 2
San Francisco's darkest secret is back and the issues have escalated. Murder, Drugs, Violence, Police Brutality, Gang Injunctions, Environmental Issues, Redevelopment and Gentrification are the issues that are brought to light in this new documentary film that is coming soon. San Francisco's darkest secret is back and the issues have escalated. Murder, Drugs, Violence, Police Brutality, Gang Injunctions, Env... more
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The aftermath
This is the footage, that day i got back from New Orleans in Nov. 1 2005.
I Jeffrey Cappell, was very thankful for not losing my house, but most of this is footage, is only two blocks away from my house. Its a sad thing, but the sadder part is that some of these things house still look like this and now its 2008.
This is a short film by Jeffrey Cappell about the horrible true effects of Hurricane Katrina
This is the footage, that day i got back from New Orleans in Nov. 1 2005. ... more -
Polk Street Transformed
For years, Polk Gulch was one of the most notorious neighborhoods in San Francisco, home to drug addicts, prostitutes and some of the city's seediest nightlife. But it was also an early mecca for the city's gay community -- years before the Castro District. Over the last decade, neighborhood groups have been trying to cut crime and drug use in the area and attract a new clientèle composed of the young and well-to-do. But in the process, some say, they are erasing the last remnants of the neighborhood's LGBT past. For years, Polk Gulch was one of the most notorious neighborhoods in San Francisco, home to drug addicts, prostitutes and some of the ... more
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Roosevelt Franklin presents... LES R.I.P.
LES R.I.P is a continuation of my interview with Junior where he speaks more on the effects of gentrification of the Lower East Side. Half music video, it?s also a look back at the way the neighborhood used to be.... graffiti, a secret history of Hip-Hop, the homeless situation, the rich political and cultural gumbo that made the LES unique...
www.gforcestudioz.com LES R.I.P is a continuation of my interview with Junior where he speaks more on the effects of gentrification of the Lower East Side. ... more -
Roosevelt Franklin presents... Junior (Native New Yorker)
Junior: Native New Yorker is another mini-doc about this older brother I know who used to live in Tompkins Square Park during the ?homeless situation? of the late 80?s-early 90?s in NYC. He now works for the Parks Dept. as a manager in Washington Square Park. Nicknamed ?The Mayor Of Tompkins Square Park? and featured in stories on the front page of the NY Times, CBS News and the Village Voice, he?s an urban legend in his own right. Junior: Native New Yorker is another mini-doc about this older brother I know who used to live in Tompkins Square Park during the ?h... more
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Stop complaining about gentrification
I am from New York and I appreciate everyone coming here and adding something to the city.
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East LA Inc.?
Unincorporated East Los Angeles has poor media representation, one mainly stuck on the topics of poverty, crime and a broken educational system. As a precursor to an East L.A.-centric, immigration piece I'm working on, I thought the current cityhood movement deserved some attention.
East Los Angeles residents officially started a cityhood movement almost a year ago. Last month, the East L.A. Residents Association (ELARA) broke news that a financial feasibility report shows that East L.A. is sustainable as a city, generating $48 million annually. This short report from Saturday Oct. 13, 2007, was a benefit/awareness concert aimed at the youth of East Los Angeles, as organized by 'Cityhood for East L.A.' volunteers.
*Excuse the video quality, a result of YouTube! Unincorporated East Los Angeles has poor media representation, one mainly stuck on the topics of poverty, crime and a broken education... more -
Shopping complex messing up the neighborhood
The developers have disregarded the long-term residents.
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(Steel) Cities of the Future
Credits: Produced, shot and edited by Ben Hernstrom. Co-produced by Justin Crimone. Thanks to Jennifer Gomez, Lindsay Patross, John Valentine, and the offices of Dan Onorato and Bill Peduto. Credits: Produced, shot and edited by Ben Hernstrom. Co-produced by Justin Crimone. Thanks to Jennifer Gomez, Lindsay Patross, John Va... more
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Brooklyn Hipsters left Homeless
Some hipsters in Bushwick have been abruptly evicted from their warehouse. They were only given ten hours to get out.
Perhaps they better understand the impact of gentrification. Some hipsters in Bushwick have been abruptly evicted from their warehouse. They were only given ten hours to get out. ... more -
Amazing Craigslist - $700 RE: Roomate needed (mission district)
"Please be minority or aware of the social struggles and gentrification facing Latino residents in the Mission. Also, participation in anti-displacement or anti-building associations in San Francisco or the greater Bay Area appreciated."
too good. "Please be minority or aware of the social struggles and gentrification facing Latino residents in the Mission. Also, participation in... more -
The Den
Entrepreneur Joshua Powe opened "The Den" in 2004, in an attempt to change the way New Yorkers experienced Soul Food. Boasting a hip, elegant, clubgoing atmosphere and delicious and affordable "Neo Soul" food, The New York Post has dubbed The Den "the downtown king of the uptown scene." Entrepreneur Joshua Powe opened "The Den" in 2004, in an attempt to change the way New Yorkers experienced Soul Food. Boasting a hip, ... more
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Hipsters in My Hood
With an insurgence of an art community in the Wynwood district of Miami, older businesses are being pushed out of the spaces they have occupied for generations. With an insurgence of an art community in the Wynwood district of Miami, older businesses are being pushed out of the spaces they have... more
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Missing My Mall
Northcross Mall in Austin, Texas is about to be torn down so a super Wal-Mart can be put in its place. One man returns to pay his final respects to the mall where he grew up before it's gone. Northcross Mall in Austin, Texas is about to be torn down so a super Wal-Mart can be put in its place. One man returns to pay his fina... more
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