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January 29, 2012

FILM SCREENING + PANEL DISCUSSION

Gowanus Institute for Research, Planning & Development

FILM SCREENING + PANEL DISCUSSION

Gowanus Institute + Rooftop Films present
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN
a documentary film about Atlantic Yards
Details at rooftopfilms.com

TUE 31 JAN 2012 7:00P [Note: This is a REVISED date]
Doors Open 7:00p. Screening 7:30p. Run time 93 min.
Panel discussion and Q&A to follow
Free admission

THE OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY
232 Third St corner Third Ave
Gowanus Brooklyn NY 11215

BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site. Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads the movement against the development plan as he and the community fight tenaciously in the courts, the streets, and the media to stop the abuse of eminent domain and reveal the corruption at the heart of the plan. More at battleforbrooklyn.com

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Posted by steve at January 29, 2012 10:19 PM