October Events at UnionDocs:
My Brooklyn with Kelly Anderson
Sunday, October 7 at 7:30pm
Suggested donation $9
My Brooklyn follows director Kelly Anderson’s journey, as a Brooklyn gentrifier, to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood. The film documents the redevelopment of Fulton Mall, a bustling African-American and Caribbean commercial district that – despite its status as the third most profitable shopping area in New York City – is maligned for its inability to appeal to the affluent residents who have come to live around it. As a hundred small businesses are replaced by high rise luxury housing and chain retail, Anderson uncovers the web of global corporations, politicians and secretive public-private partnerships that drive seemingly natural neighborhood change. The film’s ultimate question is increasingly relevant on a global scale: who has a right to live in cities and determine their future?
Control Group: Shorts presented with Video Data Bank
Sunday, October 28 at 7:30pm
Suggested donation $9
This program of experimental videos presented by the Video Data Bank explores the natural world around us and how humans attempt to measure and control it. The artists turn their cameras toward natural environments and human built spaces to explore the intersections between the two.
Upcoming September Events at UnionDocs:
Running Stumbled: A benefit screening for John Maringouin
Saturday, September 22 at 7
Sliding scale donation $10-20
Sunday, September 30 at 7:30pm
$9 suggested donation.