A Hole in the Fence

Streaming video - 2015

In a hidden corner of Brooklyn, change is anything but straightforward...Chronicling the changing fortunes of Red Hook, Brooklyn, A Hole in a Fence is a documentary that explores the complicated issues of development, class and identity facing one of New York City’s most unique neighborhoods. It’s the story of a vanished homeless community and the young architect who documented it; of an urban farm run by local kids amidst a landscape of industrial decay; of young graffiti writers losing their stomping grounds; of the arrival of a controversial IKEA megastore; of a photographer’s vision of nature’s renewal; of the doomed struggle to save a rare part of the neighborhood’s working waterfront; and of a filmmaker’s discovery of a fl...eeting, hidden world on the other side of a rusty old fence. WINNER! 9th Annual Port Townsend Film Festival, 2008. Nominated for Best Documentary DVD- International Press Association 2008 Satellite Awards. "A complex exploration of urban community living." -The Guardian (UK) "Thought-provoking." -USA Today. "A world of surprising richness and tantalizingly ambiguous possibility. Uncommonly lyrical and soulful."-Godfrey Cheshire, Director of Moving Midway "A sensitive, multilayered look at the complexities and tragicomedies of life in a neighborhood under siege." -Tom Angotti, Director, Center for Community Planning & Development, Hunter College/CUNY. "Takes us on a tour of the shifting social landscape of Red Hook’s waterfront neighborhood and its people on the brink of large-scale change." -Brooklyn Historical Society. "An interesting in-depth look at the forces that shape our communities." -Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Fascinating... viewing should be mandatory for every city planner in New York, the U.S.-- hell with it-- the world." -TrustMovies. more