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“70 Acres in Chicago” Screening

November 15, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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For 70 years, there stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green.

Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods.

Shot over the course of 20 years, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later.

70 Acres in Chicago tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city.

 

Filmmaker: Ronit Bezalel

Featured Resident & Producer: Mark Pratt

Featured Resident: Raymond J McDonald

will be present during the screening.

Details

Date:
November 15, 2016
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Venue

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355
337 Charles E. Young Drive East,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656 United States
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Details

Date:
November 15, 2016
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Venue

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355
337 Charles E. Young Drive East,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656 United States
+ Google Map