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THE HILL
Directed by Lisa Molomot
2013, 60 minutes
Purchase: $295 | Classroom rental: $95
Clinging to the last affordable housing in a rapidly gentrifying city, a determined group of neighbors struggle to save their homes from destruction when the City of New Haven, CT proposes to build a new school complex where their properties stand.
Set upon building a new school, the city of New Haven claims eminent domain over the Upper Hill neighborhood. While the city argues the building of the new school corresponds to a need for better school facilities, the residents of the area, mostly struggling low-income African-American families, say the decision corresponds to the city’s determination to sanitize the neighborhood in the proximity of the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Together with the help of community leaders and a civil rights lawyer, the unlikely group of neighbors decides to contest the city’s claim and take the case to federal court. The film follows the groundbreaking case, which the plaintiffs ultimately lose: the court invokes the doctrine of laches . The neighborhood is demolished and 94 displaced families struggle to find new homes and to re-create a neighborhood life.
The Hill is a fascinating look at the complex issues surrounding urban planning, gentrification and economic renewal.
2013, 60 minutes
Purchase: $295 | Classroom rental: $95
Clinging to the last affordable housing in a rapidly gentrifying city, a determined group of neighbors struggle to save their homes from destruction when the City of New Haven, CT proposes to build a new school complex where their properties stand.
Set upon building a new school, the city of New Haven claims eminent domain over the Upper Hill neighborhood. While the city argues the building of the new school corresponds to a need for better school facilities, the residents of the area, mostly struggling low-income African-American families, say the decision corresponds to the city’s determination to sanitize the neighborhood in the proximity of the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Together with the help of community leaders and a civil rights lawyer, the unlikely group of neighbors decides to contest the city’s claim and take the case to federal court. The film follows the groundbreaking case, which the plaintiffs ultimately lose: the court invokes the doctrine of laches . The neighborhood is demolished and 94 displaced families struggle to find new homes and to re-create a neighborhood life.
The Hill is a fascinating look at the complex issues surrounding urban planning, gentrification and economic renewal.
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