The area / Scrappers Film Group presents a David Schalliol film ; directed and photographed by David Schalliol ; produced by David Shalliol, Brian Ashby, Deborah Payne ; a Scrappers Film Group production.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New York, NY : GrasshopperFilm, 2018.

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.

Restrictions:

This is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or computer drives.

Notes:
DVD release of the 2018 documentary.
Editors, Brian Ashby, Peter Galassi ; original music, Phoelix.
Featuring Deborah Payne.
DVD-R, NTSC; widescreen; stereo.

Summary:

"In the heart of the South Side of Chicago, an 85-acre area abutting a railyard means different things to different people. For more than 400 African American families, it is home. For Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, it is space to expand its train-to-truck intermodal depot. Directed by noted photographer David Schalliol, The Area begins in 2012, when Norfolk Southern has already bought out over half the area's residents and is picking off the holdouts. Middle-aged homeowner Dorothy Payne puts off her plans to move; instead, she digs in and becomes an ad hoc community organizer. As her neighbors jump ship and houses are pulled down, property values implode. Valiant and stubborn, Payne fights for fair-value buyouts and respect for those who remain. Filmed over the course of five years, The Area tells a complex story of economic revitalization, commercial interests, and community rights"--Container

Subject:

Norfolk Southern Railroad Company.
Communities Illinois Chicago Economic conditions.
African Americans Illinois Chicago Economic conditions.
Communauté Illinois Chicago Conditions économiques.
Noirs américains Illinois Chicago Conditions économiques.
African Americans Economic conditions
Economic history
Suburbs Economic aspects
Englewood (Chicago, Ill.) History.
Englewood (Chicago, Ill.) Economic conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions.
Illinois Chicago Englewood
Illinois Chicago

Form/genre:

Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
History
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Films autres que de fiction.
Documentaires.

Added entries:

Schalliol, David, film director, film producer, director of photography.
Ashby, Brian (Filmmaker), editor of moving image work, film producer.
Galassi, Peter (Motion picture editor), editor of moving image work.
Payne, Deborah, film producer.
Scrappers Film Group, presenter, production company.
Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307666
Call No.: BIB 253140
Status: Available

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