Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine (2009)
• January 1st, 2009 • 1h 38min
Documentary
Overview
In the summer of 2004, the Mayor of Lewiston, Maine announced a plan to develop a four-lane boulevard across downtown's low-income neighborhood. This project was called "The Heritage Initiative." Contrary to its name, this plan was going to eliminate the downtown's heritage by displacing 850 people from their homes as well as destroy playgrounds, vegetable gardens, and historic buildings. Moving residents out of the city and improving traffic flow was at the heart of this proposal... It was 1960's Urban Renewal all over again. As tragic as the circumstances were, the threat of a road destroying the neighborhood required residents to rise to the challenge of becoming *community organizers. This movie documents 5 years of development and community organizing in Lewiston. It's an exceptional story about the people of Lewiston, but it's also a universal story about the challenges faced by many urban neighborhoods across the United States.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Places for the Soul
Released on: 1990-01-01
Documentary
An intimate portrait of Christopher Alexander, a critic of modern architecture on a lifelong quest t...
Chasing Bonnie & Clyde
Released on: 2015-11-27
Crime, Documentary
'Don't build prisons, they cost too much!' In this era of Great Recession, the conservative and toug...
City Under Pressure
Released on: 1965-01-01
Documentary
The city of Edmonton is under pressure to deal with the problems related to housing, development, an...
This is How the Obelisk Was Born
Released on: 1936-10-14
Documentary
The construction of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Brick by Brick
Released on: 1982-01-01
Documentary
A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrificat...
Blessed be the Joint
Released on: 2024-06-27
Documentary
In the midst of conservative politics in the city of Goiânia, an anti-prohibitionist collective mobi...
Days of Cannibalism
Released on: 2020-02-21
Documentary
A Western-like documentary set in a remote rural region in Lesotho: a frontier space where the ways ...
Riotsville, USA
Released on: 2022-09-16
Documentary, History
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of...
Scars Unseen
Released on:
Documentary
Scars Unseen is a ‘triumph of the human spirit’ documentary following three women who have overcome ...
Radiant City
Released on: 2007-05-30
Documentary
Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities ...
Chicago at the Crossroad
Released on: 2019-06-01
Crime, Documentary
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Ch...
Man Versus Man
Released on: 1981-01-01
Documentary
Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a r...
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Released on: 2004-01-12
Documentary
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has p...
The Engine Inside
Released on: 2023-06-03
Documentary
Six individuals from diverse backgrounds embrace cycling as a way to overcome daunting personal and ...
There's Something in the Water
Released on: 2019-09-06
Documentary
Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his ho...
At Tourkovounia
Released on: 1982-10-04
Documentary
Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia h...
Big Charity: The Death of America's Oldest Hospital
Released on: 2014-05-03
Documentary
This documentary film includes never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews to tell the story ...