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How to Squash a Squat

Squat Or Rot

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Director
Franck Goldberg
Language
English
Released
1989-01-01
Runtime
45m

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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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