On Sept. 23, 2020, Industry City pulled its rezoning application just weeks before a City Council vote on it. The decision was the result of massive community organizing over several years in Sunset Park, and of political opposition by Council Member Carlos Menchaca and elected officials representing Sunset Park in the U.S. Congress and the NYS Assembly. The story, which we have been documenting for 4 years, shows the incredible work done by Sunset Park people, organizations, the Community Board and others. It also shows the need to reform the ULURP process to allow for comprehensive community planning.

Here’s a short film, Unpacking Industry City, I worked on with some other local filmmakers in Fall of 2918 to raise awareness about the rezoning.

We are pleased to announce that My Brooklyn is now streaming on the Kanopy streaming platform. If you are a student or faculty at an educational institution that subscribes to Kanopy, it maybe be available for streaming.

Here is the link: https://www.kanopystreaming.com/product/my-brooklyn

And don’t forget to download our free, 49-page Study Guide!

Kelly & Allison

We have just release My Brooklyn on for on-demand home streaming via Vimeo-on-Demand. Check it out and help us get the word out if you can:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/16768

Kelly & Allison

There are some interesting events coming up this month, including this screening and seminar by the NYU organized by the Students of Color Collective.

There is a free screening on Tuesday, May 8th at the Silver School of Social Work (1 Washington Square N), and a free seminar on gentrification titled “How Well do You Know Your Neighbors?” featuring My Brooklyn director Kelly Anderson, Dr. Lance Freeman from Columbia, Dr. Robert Hawkins from NYU and others.

Come Check it out! RSVP at tinyurl.com/SCC-RSVP-NYU

Henry Stewart, film critic for The L Magazine, just listed My Brooklyn in his Top Ten list for 2013:

From the review:

“This documentary about the Bloomberg Administration’s redevelopment of Downtown Brooklyn was the smartest explanation of gentrification I’ve ever watched or read, a concise and well-researched breakdown of how government conspires with developers and moneylenders to break and remake the city as they please, regardless of facts on the ground.”

Thanks Henry Stewart and L Mag!