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Whose Barrio?

Name: Whose Barrio?
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 52 min
Cast: Jose B. Rivera, Hector Cordero Guzman, James Garcia

2008
52m

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Real estate speculation is threatening to change the cultural flavor of Spanish Harlem. Two residents with diferent points of view on the neighborhood's future debate the subject, while a community fights to maintain its unique character. Author and journalist Ed Morales returns to the neighborhood where his parents met and married and finds a complex set of competing interests. Some community groups are confrontational, others try to work within the system. But everyone agrees that Spanish Harlem is the most important cultural homeland of Latinos in the Northeast, and are willing to fight to keep its unique flavor for a long time to come.

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Jose Rivera is a lifelong resident of Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) but is afraid that gentrification will force him out. James Garcia has just bought an apartment across the street from public... Read allJose Rivera is a lifelong resident of Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) but is afraid that gentrification will force him out. James Garcia has just bought an apartment across the street from public housing and wonders why locals resist his moving into the neighborhood. James Barrow worr... Read allJose Rivera is a lifelong resident of Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) but is afraid that gentrification will force him out. James Garcia has just bought an apartment across the street from public housing and wonders why locals resist his moving into the neighborhood. James Barrow worries that a construction project in an empty lot behind his building will threaten his apar... Read all