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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?
“…this absorbing pic eschews militant outrage for a quietly devastating look at social commodification.” – Ronnie Scheib, Variety