Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1989-01-01
Languageen
Runtime45m
0.0
•1989•45m

How to Squash a Squat

"Squat Or Rot"

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.

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