POV EMERGENT CITY Screening & Panel Discussion
*The event has already taken place on this date: Tue, 11/18/2025
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About the documentary:
Over a decade, within the borders of a single Brooklyn community district, a microcosm of American democracy emerges. Residents of Sunset Park face a tangled web of rising rents, a legacy of environmental racism and the loss of the industrial jobs that once sustained their community. When a global developer purchases Industry City - a massive industrial complex on the waterfront - and begins to transform it into an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of the neighborhood and of New York City itself.
Emergent City is an observational civic epic. It sheds light on power and process, illuminating systems and giving viewers a front row seat to the public and private spaces where the city is shaped. With extraordinary access, it tracks an ensemble of participants including the local council member, Industry City’s developers and community members with divergent stakes. The film explores the profound intersections of gentrification, climate crisis and real estate development, and asks how change might emerge from dialogue and collective action in a world where too many outcomes are constrained by money, politics and business as usual.
About the discussion:
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Brian Sharp, WXXI News Investigations and Enterprise Editor. The panel will discuss issues in the Rochester area involving development, neighborhood representation in planning and local issues raised in the film.
Panelists include: Gladys Pedraza Burgos, Non-profit strategist and neighborhood/community member; Melissa Suchodolski, President, USC Builds; and Kevin Kelley is the Manager of City Planning for the City of Rochester.
Accommodations: The film is captioned and ASL Interpreting will be provided for the opening remarks and the panel discussion.
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