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April 29, 2011
Get reeled in
National Post
CATEGORY: REAL ESTATE
On the surface, real estate isn't the most thrilling of themes. Instead of mortgage rates and maintenance fees, though, the following three docs focus on such universal themes as personal autonomy, class warfare and good ol' political corruptness.
...Battle for Brooklyn
Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, U.S.A.
...As any New Yorker can tell you, there's no bigger game in town than real estate. Galinsky and Hawley's sometimes exhilarating, occasionally frustrating doc tackles the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, a massive complex of skyscrapers anchored to the new home of the New Jersey Nets. Focusing on one lone graphic designer who refuses to bow down to developer Bruce Ratner, the film is expertly paced, but too often falls victim to a preachy "damn the man" tone.
NoLandGrab: If they knew the "man" like we know the man, they'd be damning him, too.
Posted by eric at April 29, 2011 10:52 AM