How to Squash a Squat
(1989)
January 1, 1989
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Documentary, History
• 45m
Overview
1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop the demolition of their building after an arson. Police forces occupy the neighborhood while the demolition continues. A portrait of an East Village that is no more. An homage to the voices and sounds of a neighborhood before its gentrification.
Keywords
new york city
police brutality
resistance
punk rock
squatter
nypd
squatting
lower east side
east village
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Original Language
EN
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