Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
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The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his business. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom & pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
According to Jakarta Legal Aid Institute report, Jakarta Provincial Government had conducted 113 evictions in 2015 and 325 more places are threatened by eviction in 2016. At least 70% of evictions were carried out unilaterally and without any proportionate solutions. Now, some evicted area had been flattened. The rationale is still the same: public order and environmental protection (green open space, normalization of reservoir or river) for the sake of a better life. Jakarta Unfair tries to challenge the government thesis of "a better life after eviction."
A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby.
Lucas, a 47-year-old boy, and Antonia, an old woman, live together in an apartment in the center of the city. Their life goes on as usual until an investment fund acquires the building to turn it into tourist apartments. Lucas tries to get the necessary money to avoid the loss of the house, but a wrong decision will change the rest of their lives.
Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the apartments to sell them to gay couples with high purchasing power. His ultimate objective is to transform Chueca into a kind of London Soho area.
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery
As San Francisco’s tech boom gentrifies their city, three young black trans women decide to take matters into their own hands, staging an audacious heist targeting the city’s most exclusive luxury brands.
In a gentrified near future, the owners of the last sporting club in Lisbon spend one final moment together after learning of its sale.
Davide Lancia, a wealthy forty-year-old with refined tastes and a weakness for all things beautiful, from women to art, owes his fortune to being the son of one of Rome's most powerful and unscrupulous builders. To spur him on, his father offers him the opportunity to finally prove himself a worthy heir to his empire: he must demolish a run-down building and build a luxury residence in its place. A deal Davide cannot refuse. However, a tenant still lives in the building who refuses to leave her apartment: Ursula, a blind, beautiful, determined, and feisty woman. His encounter with Ursula will upend Davide's plans and allow him to embrace a new way of living and seeing things.
Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.
After being made redundant from her job at the coastal arcades, Helen commits a victimless crime to pay for dinner.
While looking for a new home for his family, a Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying Miami neighborhood.
A home video camera observes everyday life from a balcony in Ciutat Vella. Over time, that same point of view reveals the shift from a lived-in neighborhood to a staged city, shaped by tourism, speculation, and surveillance.
What drives us to keep going in a world that grows increasingly hostile toward our existence every day? Squirm Gallery, a DIY music venue, finds a way forward in a rapidly gentrifying Denver.