Newsreel. 62, Break and enter /

This film captures the militant antecedents to today's housing reclamation movement in New York City. In 1970, several hundred Puerto Rican and Dominican families reclaimed housing left vacant by the city. They pulled the boards off the doors, cleaned and repaired the buildings and moved in. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 1971.
Series:	Newsreel ; Newsreel 62
Subjects:	Puerto Ricans > Housing > New York (State) > New York. Housing > New York (State) > New York. Portoricains > Logement > New York (État) > New York. Housing New York (State) > New York Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films Feature films Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	This film captures the militant antecedents to today's housing reclamation movement in New York City. In 1970, several hundred Puerto Rican and Dominican families reclaimed housing left vacant by the city. They pulled the boards off the doors, cleaned and repaired the buildings and moved in. Third World Newsreel's historical Newsreel collection provides contemporary audiences with a vast archive of political documentary films chronicling the social movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Thanks to the generous contributions of the National Film Preservation Foundation, BREAK AND ENTER has been preserved and is available for purchases and rentals.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed August 05, 2020).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (40 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:40:00