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June 24, 2011
B4B: Not Limping out of the Gait!
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Getting ready to step into the last PTA meeting of the school year last night, friend and filmmaker Michael Galinsky limped over and leaned on my shoulder. He was suffering from a case of pretty severe sciatica. Weeks of non-stop scrabbling to get word out about his and wife Suki Hawley’s new documentary, “Battle For Brooklyn“, had finally seemed to catch up with him in the form of a pinched nerve. I’m not lowering the odds on him by a long shot. Anyone who knows Michael knows that he won’t rest until everybody —and I do mean everybody— has purchased a ticket to this very fine, albeit controversial film. And, “Battle For Brooklyn” is very much worth seeing, regardless of whether you live near the Atlantic Yards footprint or on Florida’s panhandle. Land grab deals are rampant in this country. Anyone is a potential victim of developers and politicians and what they are doing in our towns and cities. If Brooklyn can be upended, with many of its residents tossed to the curb in the process, why not you or your neighborhood?
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The New York Times, Movie Listings for June 24-30
★ ‘Battle for Brooklyn’ (No rating, 1:33) This documentary about the Atlantic Yards project focuses on one man who didn’t want to lose his apartment to eminent domain, but its power comes from the bigger picture it paints. Even granting that it is quite clearly anti-project, the portrait the film creates of missed opportunity and political manipulation is devastating and dismaying. (Neil Genzlinger)
NoLandGrab: The ★ means it's a New York Times Critics' Pick.
Posted by eric at June 24, 2011 10:28 AM