Jamie Courville and Chris Reynolds: Gowanus Current World Premiere

World premiere of the documentary film Gowanus Current:

Decades of industrial waste and raw sewage have turned Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal into one of the nation’s most toxic bodies of water. The arrival of a billion dollar EPA cleanup and a massive city-led rezoning may clear the way for a new era, but what's of value in a neighborhood, and who gets to decide? Made over the course of ten years, Gowanus Current employs a strictly observational direct-cinema approach to examine the convictions of the diverse community along the canal and the textures of the landscape. As neighbors negotiate the transformation, the film reveals a portrait of community engagement and its limits.

This is urgent civic cinema exploring the conflict engendered by the housing crisis, economic inequality and a changing climate. Discussion and Q&A to follow, with best-selling author and Pulitzer finalist Xochitl Gonzalez.

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