Slumlord Millionaire - Film and Talk
SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE is a documentary focused on the housing crisis in NYC. In New York City鈥檚 most quickly gentrifying neighborhoods, a group of fearless residents, activists, and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords and developers for the basic human right to a home.
The film features four individual David vs. Goliath battles that clearly expose the human toll of gentrification.:
馃彔Janina Davis, a former supermodel who is trying to reclaim her home after a deed theft scam;
馃彔Sam and the Bravo family who have been in a legal battle with their landlord for 15 years;
馃彔Ren Ping Chen, a resident of Manhattan Chinatown who fears his historic community may disappear after the construction of four luxury towers; and
馃彔Moumita Ahmed whose city council campaign was viciously targeted by real estate developer billionaires
Join us for this acclaimed PBS documentary, with the film directors and activists at the City College of NY, Shepard Hall Rm 291 at 259 Convent Ave at 140th street at 6 PM Oct 8th. Free, light refreshments served. ID needed to enter the building. Accessible space, ASL and CART provided. Presented by the Documentary Forum at CCNY, Third World Newsreel and cosponsored by AAARI (Asian American/Asian Research Institute CUNY)
Directions: #1 to 137 st, ABCD to 145th St. Accessible route: #6 to 125th St, M101 bus to 140th street. Questions to workshop@twn.org
Filmmakers Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching directed and produced the award winning documentary AFTER SPRING, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. They were both honorees on DOC NYC inaugural "40 Under 40" list as directors.
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