Razing Liberty Square

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DOCUMENTARY Housing shortages in times of climate change: a district of Miami faces a new phenomenon which is changing the social tectonics of cities – climate gentrification. Poverty and systemic racism in Florida ensured that over generations the Liberty City district was ignored by political decision-makers. Now rising sea levels threaten Miami’s luxurious beach promenade and well-off property owners are pushing into the hinterland to find higher ground. The people of Liberty City, known from Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning film Moonlight, are in danger of being driven out of their homes.

 

 

Kindly supported by KATHARINA M. TREBITSCH

Director

Born in Hamburg, KATJA ESSON (*1966) is a Oscar nominated documentary film-maker. She studied Film in the USA, where she lives today. Her films A Season of Madness (2007) and Poetry of Resilience (2012) have been shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG. She was recently elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as a member in the documentary division.

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