Films

Category: Films

1. “WHAT IF…” ~ Gaining Ground – A Community Screening

   Gaining Ground – Community Screening at Tucker Missionary Baptist Church Foreclosures. Unemployment. Childhood poverty. All these problems have hit American cities hard since the Great Recession. Gaining Ground, a follow-up to the award-winning documentary Holding Ground (1996), shows how one diverse Boston neighborhood working together…

2. “WHAT IF…” Film ~ Red Hook Justice (2004)

   Red Hook Justice (2004) A Film by Meema Spadola In 2000, an experimental court opened its doors in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a neighborhood plagued by a cycle of unemployment, poverty and crime. The Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) is at the center of a…

3. “WHAT IF…” Film ~ Gaining Ground (2013)

   Gaining Ground (2013) Foreclosures. Unemployment. Childhood poverty. All these problems have hit American cities hard since the Great Recession. Gaining Ground, a follow-up to the award-winning documentary Holding Ground (1996), shows how one diverse Boston neighborhood working together has stemmed the tide against enormous odds.

4. “WHAT IF…” Film ~ Red Hook Justice (2004)

   Red Hook Justice (2004) A Film by Meema Spadola In 2000, an experimental court opened its doors in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a neighborhood plagued by a cycle of unemployment, poverty and crime. The Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) is at the center of a…

5. “WHAT IF…” film ~ A Community Concern

   A Community Concern is a documentary that shows the powerful changes that happen when organizers, parents and youth work with educators to improve urban public schools. The film not only provides motivation, bringing viewers a window into a growing national movement that is generally below…