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MyBrooklynisadocumentaryaboutDirectorKellyAnderson’spersonaljourney,asaBrooklyn“gentrifier,”tounderstandtheforcesreshapingherneighborhoodalonglinesofraceandclass.ThestorybeginswhenAndersonmovestoBrooklynin1988,luredbycheaprentsandbohemianculture.ByMichaelBloomberg’selectionasmayorin2001,amassivespeculativerealestateboomisrapidlyalteringtheneighborhoodsshehascometocallhome.Shewatchesasanexplosionofluxuryhousingandchainstoredevelopmentspursbitterconflictoverwhohasarighttoliveinthecityandtodetermineitsfuture.Whilesomepeopleviewthesedevelopmentpatternsasultimatelyrevitalizingthecity,toothers,theyareerasingtheeclecticurbanfabric,economicandracialdiversity,creativealternativeculture,anduniquelocaleconomiesthatdrewthemtoBrooklyninthefirstplace.Itseemsthatnolessthanthecity’ssoulisatstake.<br/> Meanwhile,developmentofficialsannounceacontroversialplantoteardownandremaketheFultonMall,apopularandbustlingAfrican-AmericanandCaribbeancommercialdistrictjustblocksfromAnderson’sapartment.ShediscoversthattheMall,despiteitsrun-downimage,isthethirdmostprofitableshoppingareainNewYorkCitywitharichsocialandculturalhistory.AsthelocaldebateovertheMall’sfutureintensifies,deepracialdividesinthewaypeopleviewneighborhoodchangebecomeapparent.AllofthispushesAndersontoconfrontherownroleintheprocessofgentrification,andtoinvestigatetheforcesbehinditmoredeeply.<br/> Shemeetswithgovernmentofficials,urbanplanners,developers,advocates,academics,andotherswhobothchampionandcriticizetheplansforFultonMall.OnlywhenAndersonmeetsBrooklyn-bornandraisedscholarCraigWilder,though,whoexplainshisfamily’sexperiencesofneighborhoodchangeovergenerations,doesAndersoncometounderstandthatwhatishappeninginherneighborhoodstodayisactuallyanewchapterinanoldAmericanstory.Thefilm’sultimatequestionsbecomehowtohealthedeepracialwoundsembeddedinoururbandevelopmentpatterns,andhowcitizenscanbecomeactiveinrestoringdemocracytoabrokenplanningprocess.
