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Explores the effects of gentrification on a long-established black neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, when gay white professionals move into and begin to transform the area. The changes include the designation of areas of the neighborhood as a Historic District (creating restrictive housing codes), an...

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Corporate Authors: Zula/Pearl Films (film production company.), American Documentary, Inc (sponsoring body.), National Black Programming Consortium (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Goode-Bryant, Linda (director of photography,, interviewee (expression)), Poitras, Laura (director of photography,, interviewee (expression)), Haynes, Graham (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : ITVS, [2003]
Subjects:
Gentrification > Ohio > Columbus > Case studies.
Gentrification > Social aspects.
Inner cities > Ohio > Columbus.
African American neighborhoods > Ohio > Columbus.
Gay people > Housing > Ohio > Columbus.
United States > Race relations > Case studies.
Zoning, Exclusionary > Ohio > Columbus.
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > Ohio > Columbus > Études de cas.
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > Aspect social.
Quartiers noirs américains > Ohio > Columbus.
Personnes homosexuelles > Logement > Ohio > Columbus.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Études de cas.
Zonage exclusif > Ohio > Columbus.
African American neighborhoods
Gays > Housing
Gentrification
Inner cities
Race relations
Zoning, Exclusionary
Ohio > Columbus
United States
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Summary:Explores the effects of gentrification on a long-established black neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, when gay white professionals move into and begin to transform the area. The changes include the designation of areas of the neighborhood as a Historic District (creating restrictive housing codes), an increase in code enforcement complaints, and efforts to reduce low-income housing in the community. The complaints affect long-time residents like Linda, who believes the new gay residents moving in on her block are responsible for the citations that have landed her in Judge Pfeiffer's Environmental Court, and Baba, a black Yoruba priest and plumber, whose sign over his porch is now in violation of Historic Code because it is carved in an African-relief style. Meanwhile, Jim, a working-class gay man, risks his financial future when he purchases and begins renovations on an old Victorian house using credit cards. As the film spirals to its conclusion, it provides a sobering and revealing look at the everyday reality of social processes occurring throughout the nation.
Item Description:Produced in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS), P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc., and the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC).
Originally broadcast June 17, 2003 on PBS's Point of View television program.
Includes optional interactive transcript; closed captions may be translated into multiple languages.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (86 min, 43 sec..)) : sound, color, digital file
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Peabody Awards, 2004: Winner of the Peabody Award.
Production Credits:Cinematographers, Linda Goode Bryant, Laura Poitras ; music, Graham Haynes ; edited by Erez Laufer, Linda Good Bryant.