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Little Burgundy

1969 30 min
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When an old area of a city is to be demolished to make way for a new low-rental housing development, is there anything that the residents can do to protect their own interests? This film, produced in 1968, airs such a situation in the Little Burgundy district of Montréal. It shows how citizens organized themselves into a committee that made effective representations to City Hall and influenced the housing policy.

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When an old area of a city is to be demolished to make way for a new low-rental housing development, is there anything that the residents can do to protect their own interests? This film, produced in 1968, airs such a situation in the Little Burgundy district of Montréal. It shows how citizens organized themselves into a committee that made effective representations to City Hall and influenced the housing policy.
  • director
    Bonnie Sherr Klein
    Maurice Bulbulian
  • editing
    Bonnie Sherr Klein
    Jacques Gagné
    Maurice Bulbulian
  • producer
    George C. Stoney
    Robert Forget
  • sound
    Richard Besse
  • recording
    Jean-Guy Normandin
  • sound editing
    Bill Graziadei
    Jacques Jarry
  • animation
    Clorinda Warny
  • re-recording
    George Croll
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • location sound
    Michel Hazel
  • photography
    Michel Régnier
    Claude Larue

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Ages 12 to 18
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Warnings: Child playing with toy gun, smoking

Little Burgundy is a Montreal community whose residents were forced to move to make way for new housing and businesses. What are the ethical implications of gentrification, particularly when considering the forced relocation of low-income residents from their homes and neighbourhoods? To what extent does gentrification contribute to systemic inequality and what moral obligations do communities and governments have to address these inequalities? How can the ethical concerns of gentrification be balanced with the economic benefits of urban revitalization? What role did individuals, organizations and governments play in finding a just and equitable solution and how could they improve in the future?

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