Gentrification Movies

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...

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

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

In the heart of the rapidly gentrifying Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia three streets meet to form a bustling intersection of born-and-raised...

Denim' is a poetic short film by writer, poet and performer Siana Bangura, exploring gentrification and social cleansing in South East London....

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

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

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

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

A short documentary on the gentrification of Hackney.

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...

Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, and her block was empty....

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...