Come to a preview screening of our brand new short documentary Brooklyn Boondoggle!

Atlantic Yards, the largest single-source development in the history of New York City, is about to break ground, and the future of downtown Brooklyn hangs in the balance. During a time of economic uncertainty in an already changing neighborhood, a diverse chorus of local voices has emerged to respond. BROOKLYN BOONDOGGLE travels from stoops to street corners to meet those affected most deeply, as they are forced to confront the realities of modern urban development. Tackling the controversial issues of eminent domain, gentrification and government corruption, BROOKLYN BOONDOGGLE questions the trend of top-down urban planning and asks — what if we were allowed to decide the future of our own neighborhoods?

It is screening before the riviting new feature documentary “A Woman Among Boys” which was just broadcast on ESPN made at DCTV  by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill.  It chronicles the experiences of Ruth Lovelace, the only woman coach of a boys team in New York City’s toughest basketball division, at Boys and Girls High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.  Two of the meerkats behind BROOKLYN BOONDOGGLE were also editors on this film.

Friday, January 23rd, 7:30pm
DCTV, 87 Lafayette Street, NYC

Price:
$5 DCTV Members
$7 Non-Members

Click Here for more information about the screening and to buy tickets in advance.

Or Here to learn more about the controversial Atlantic Yards development.

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