Class Divide (film)

Class Divide
Directed byMarc Levin
Produced by
Cinematography
Edited byEma Ryan Yamazaki
Music byMarc Ribot
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Class Divide is a 2015 documentary film by Marc Levin about gentrification.[1][2][3] The film premiered at the 2015 DOC NYC.[4]

Description

The documentary shows the effects of gentrification in Chelsea subsequent to the creation of the High Line park on the population of the neighbourhood. Since the rehabilitation of the old railways of the High Line into an urban park, the real estate market in the neighbourhood increased sharply. The documentary illustrates the impact of the changes this incurs in the life of the residents with the establishment of the for-profit private school Avenues: The World School on 25th and 26th streets, just opposite 10th Avenue from the Chelsea-Elliott housing project which offers accommodation for low-income inhabitants. At the time, tuition at Avenues cost between $40,000 and $50,000 per year, while the average income in the housing project complexes was $21,000 per year with an unemployment rate of about 58%. Marc Levin follows families from the Avenues school and from Chelsea-Elliott Houses. Focusing on the children and young adults from both sides of 10th Avenue, the documentary shows the discrepancies in living situation, expectations and opportunities between them. It also shows their understanding of the situation and of each other.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gold, Daniel M. (April 12, 2016). "Review: 'Class Divide' Shows the Extremes Hypergentrification Creates in a Neighborhood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "6 Fascinating Things We Learned From HBO's 'Class Divide'". Town & Country. October 6, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Lowry, Brian. "'Class Divide,' '13th' tackle class, race in HBO, Netflix documentaries". CNN. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "CLASS DIVIDE". DOCNYC.
  5. ↑ Levin, Marc (2016). "Class Divide" (video). HBO. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
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