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Category Archives: Films

Film: Whose Barrio?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Owen Toews

This week we will watch the film “Whose Barrio?” – a documentary about gentrification in East Harlem – instead of “My Brooklyn”. You can check out the film’s website here.

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Film: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Owen Toews

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