Brooklyn Matters is a movie getting lots of attention...attention Ratner doesn't want it to get. So far I have heard nothing but rave reviews of it and some of those from people who were formerly neutral on Ratner's plan. And many of the most rave reviews come from people who don't live in Brooklyn. This movie deals with citywide issues, not just Brooklyn issues.

No single event will have a more drastic and long-lasting impact on Brooklyn than the proposed Atlantic Yards development. This uncommon proposal, however, is mostly misunderstood. Brooklyn Matters is an insightful documentary that reveals the fuller truth about the Atlantic Yards proposal and highlights how a few powerful men are circumventing community participation and planning principles to try to push their own interests forward.

Producer/Director- Isabel Hill, buildinghistory@verizon.net
Editor- Marian Sears Hunter
Director of Photography- Chuck Clifton
Sound Recordist- Michelle Clifton

Brooklyn Matters is the movie about Brooklyn development that has caught the attention of the whole city. I am taking this from their website, but this is also the kind of stuff I am hearing from people from all over the city who have seen the movie: (note the qualifications of thes people)

“It can be difficult to clearly communicate to the public the relevant details and urgency of such a complex and fraught project. For this reason, Brooklyn Matters is particularly welcome; the film is a clarion call on an issue of great significance.”
-Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation

“A powerful documentary by a well-respected filmmaker, Brooklyn Matters is a must see for all New Yorkers who care about the future of their neighborhoods and the role that public policy and process plays in determining that future.”
-Marilyn Gelber, Former Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection

“It wasn’t until viewing Isabel Hill’s film that I realized the true scope of what is at stake for the future of Brooklyn in proceeding with the development of the Atlantic Yards in its present form.”
-Carmi Bee, FAIA, RKT&B Architects & Planners

Here are upcoming screenings:

SCREENINGS
March 14 8:00 pm - Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Bklyn

March 19 7:00 pm - 232 Third Street (corner Third Ave, Gowanus, Bklyn (presented by XØ Projects Inc. and Rooftop Films in association with FROGG) capacity 74 person on first come basis

March 21 6:00 pm - New York University, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washingon Square South, NYC, panel on eminent domain to follow screening, RSVP: mkodransky@nyu.edu

March 22 7:00 pm - St. Francis College, Founders Hall, 180 Remsen Street, Bklyn (sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Association)

March 29 6:30 pm - Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Avenue, Bklyn. Doors open at 6:00, screening at 7:00 pm. (sponsored by Brown Memorial Church, Lafayette Presbyterian Church, the New York Christian Times, and Pratt Area Community Council)

April 12 7:30 pm - Brooklyn Free School, First Free Methodist Church, 120 16th Street, Bklyn. RSVP: contact@brooklynfreeschool.org

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