Gentrification Movies

Accompanied by a lilting soundtrack, characters wander through London's concrete jungle as the narrator reflects on the current state of the city and...

A home video camera observes everyday life from a balcony in Ciutat Vella. Over time, that same point of view reveals the shift from a lived-in...

An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.

In the heart of the rapidly gentrifying Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia three streets meet to form a bustling intersection of born-and-raised...

Set in a former train factory turned art gallery in Milan, Italy, Classe Media explores the contradictions of being a working class artist. This...

Universam Grochów was a now-defunct shopping and service mall that emerged in the 1970s in Warsaw's Praga-Południe district. This...

A sickly tourist visits Berlin sights quickly with an angelic teleport guide.

“El apagón: Aquí vive gente” is a 23-minute film that explores the socio-economic challenges in Puerto Rico, focusing on...

Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class...

The baker, the pie-maker and the diminished long-term community of Hoxton Street face gentrification in this compelling portrait of a rapidly...

A short film about the changing face of London Soho and the implications of gentrification on Mimi, an aging transvestite.

An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms. Ray...

Director Kelly Anderson's personal journey as a Brooklyn 'gentrifier' to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and...

Josefa Centeno, an 86-year-old woman, refuses to be uploaded to a digital afterlife, facing the consequences of defying the authoritarian regime....

In a bustling Los Angeles strip mall parking lot, Mandy is a well-to-do arrival in a gentrifying neighborhood. She brushes off locals, including the...

Tell Them We Were Here is an inspirational feature-length documentary about eight artists who show us why art is vital to a healthy society and...

Over the course of over six decades, Honest Ed's became a Toronto Landmark. The neighbourhood it left behind when it closed its doors in 2016...