Gentrification Movies

The life of filmmaker Matthijs Vuijk's grandmother Coby is turned upside down when the community church she has attended all her life in the small...

A tropical fish shop in the East End of London, the last of what used to be many. Tiny, watery dramas inside fish tanks accompany the thoughts of...

In one single shot, Obras offers a poetic journey through time and space, exploring Barcelona's wild irreversible destruction.

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

Diosdado spends his time debating with customers, particularly with his boss, who holds strong opinions about the financial aspects of the...

Comedian Phil Pointer jokes about his inner-city upbringing, gentrification and the oddities of interracial dating in his debut comedy special, Sweat...

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

Tom, a curmudgeonly Montauk mechanic, unexpectedly finds love online with Freckles, a spitfire outcast diabetic like himself. Their newfound...

In the Zeeland coastal village of Cadzand, tourism provides year-round employment and vibrancy. At the same time, permanent residents are...

Director Kelly Anderson's personal journey as a Brooklyn 'gentrifier' to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and...

Josefa Centeno, an 86-year-old woman, refuses to be uploaded to a digital afterlife, facing the consequences of defying the authoritarian regime....

Tell Them We Were Here is an inspirational feature-length documentary about eight artists who show us why art is vital to a healthy society and...

The baker, the pie-maker and the diminished long-term community of Hoxton Street face gentrification in this compelling portrait of a rapidly...

Artists, urban planners and the city of Berlin trying to transform a former GDR ruin into a place for new visions and concepts of city - a place...

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

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

Berlin is changing. The film maker interviewed and accompanied real estate agents and investors and filmed tenants struggling to cope with the...

A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.