Gentrification Movies

Arriving in the US with a background in abstract art, opera, and film—including work with German director Werner Schroeter—Vogl began...

The first in-depth analysis of the unspoken ethnic component behind the most devastating socio-economic movement in America today.

A short film about the changing face of London Soho and the implications of gentrification on Mimi, an aging transvestite.

In an historically Black neighborhood of Cincinnati, a family closes shop as new residents roll in on their Segways and craft beer carts.

Set in Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, GOOD FUNK follows three generations of citizens whose lives intersect...

An extended Black family living in View Park-Windsor Hills, California experience changes due to gentrification and reflect on their shifting...

A short documentary on the gentrification of Hackney.

A short film focusing on bawdy talk and Italian-American stereotypes of African-Americans.

The Oven Sky (2011) is set in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood where newcomers pressure a longtime resident to turn her yard filled with lawn...

Right to Wynwood is an investigative documentary that explores the causes and effects of gentrification in Wynwood. Through interviews with...

After moving to a small mountain community, a troubled writer entangles himself in a new neighbor's abusive family situation.

On the occasion of his last regulars’ table in his old neighbourhood of Schwabing, the laconic pensioner Schorsch gets paid a cab drive to his...

Residents struggle to pay their rapidly rising rents on Wellington Street in Montreal.

Evanston, a suburb just north of Chicago, touts its progressivism and inclusion. It was the first city in the U.S. to offer reparations for Black...

Carbon vendors fight for their rights to protect their stalls from oppressors.

When a Developer comes to a small town looking at a specific piece of land the locals try to warn him off because that particular piece of land is...

The Domino Effect is a feature length documentary film that explores the origins and impacts of gentrification and luxury redevelopment in...