Come see a great, hard-to-find documentary about gentrification this Saturday in Jersey City, plus discussion with filmmaker

http://filmind.meetup.com/257/boards/view/viewthread?thread=2231348

Delivered Vacant, a documentary film by Nora Jacobson

16th Annual Jersey City Artists Studio Tour 2006
(500+ artists)

Sponsored by The City of Jersey City, Mayor
Jerramiah T. Healy, The Municipal Council, The
Division of Cultural Affairs, Jersey City Board of Education
and ProArts, a non-profit artists organization.

When: Saturday, October 21
Where: Middle School 4 Theater
(Entrance @ 107 Bright St.,
btwn Jersey Ave and Varick St)
Time: Film @ 6-8PM,
Q&A Panel @ 8-9PM
Tickets: $5, Free to children with paid adult(s), Seniors over 65, disabled or physically handicapped.

Harsimus Cove Association Fundraiser Benefit for St Lucy's
Shelter & Childrens's Camp Liberty

BrightMoment Meetup is pleased to present Delivered Vacant,a
documentary film by filmmaker, Nora Jacobson who will join us that evening.

The film has been described as "An eight-year
chronicle of housing gentrification in Hoboken. This
film is an intricate and deeply human portrait of the
city and people that lived there.The film went on to
play at the New York Film Festival, Sundance and the
San Francisco Film Festival where it garnered a
Golden Gate Award. In the doc, Nora Jacobson
captured all sides of the real estate struggle with an
equally intelligent and wry eye, from eccentric
politicians and naive developers, to Hoboken natives
and newly transplanted yuppies.

This award-winning documentary chronicles 8 years
of housing wars in Hoboken, NJ, a mile-square city
across the river from Manhattan. It features a real
life cast of long time residents, newly arrived yuppies,
tenant organizers, real estate developers, immigrants
from around the world and the wackiest mayor in
America.

-New York Film Festival
-Sundance Film Festival
-Golden Gate Award, San Francisco Int'l Film Festival
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REVIEW EXCERPTS:

Fred Lombardi, Variety, October 19, 1992:
"Producer-director Nora Jacobson keeps this bit of social history vibrant with a lively assortment of characters and an involving battle over displacement of residents."
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Vincent Canby, The New York Times, October 10, 1992:
"Delivered Vacant' is a story of greed, hope, political action, bewilderment, free enterprise, idealism and rampant opportunism...an urban epic"
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Dave Kehr, NY Daily News, August 6, 1993:
"...Nora Jacobson's 'Delivered Vacant' is a documentary that puts many Hollywood epics to shame in terms of its scale, substance and intricacy of storytelling."
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Gene Seymour, New York Newsday, October 10, 1992:
"...we now have one of the best and most touching histories we may ever get of what happened to America in the last decade....this richly detailed saga of urban transition...comes close enough to be ranked with books like J. Anthony Lukas' 'Common Ground.' It's that good."
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Amy Taubin, The Village Voice, June 1, 1993:
"An '80s gentrification saga with the scope and detail of a 19th century novel, Nora Jacobson's Delivered Vacant has the charm but none of the smartass posturing of Roger and Me....more involving than the most impassioned agitprop or well-balanced PBS documentary....Jacobson has an amazing ability to get people to reveal themselves on camera..."
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8-9PM: Q&A dais panel:

*Nora Jacobson-Filmmaker, Director, Producer
*Susan Mearns, Division Chief, Hudson CountyDivision of Housing and Community Development
*Denise Booker-Jersey City ACORN.org (Greenville)
*Steve Fulop-Jersey City Ward E Councilman

Harsimus Cove Association Fundraiser,
NJ non-profit,registered charity to Benefit St. Lucy's Shelter for the Homeless & Camp Liberty 2007 for children in need.

Checks should be made out to Harsimus Cove Association and may be sent to:(indicate how many tickets for your donation and your phone # for confirmation)

Dale Hardman
235 Third Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302-2854
347-789-7508
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