In a new documentary, filmmaker Michela Monte explores the harrowing circumstances North Brooklyn tenants face when their landlords attempt to displace them—and identifies how the area’s strong network of community organizers, lawyers, and others who refuse to accept gentrification as inevitability has kept many longtime locals in their homes.
Monte’s 16-minute-long film, “The Method,” was shot when Monte was a fellow at Williamsburg’s UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art in 2014 and 2015.
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Featured image: The Method banner at Santarcangelo di Romagna in Italy. Photo by Eleonora Tonini Antica Stamperia Marchi, used courtesy of The Method.
