How to Squash a Squat (1989)

01/01/1989 (EN) • 45m

Documentary, History

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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Keywords

new york city

police brutality

resistance

punk rock

squatter

nypd

squatting

lower east side

east village

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