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Voices of Brookland Manor
This short documentary follows the struggle of residents who live in Brookland Manor, one of the only affordable housing units in Washington, DC. Due to developers' goals to demolish the apartments and replace them primarily with new studio and one…
PAINTED CITY: A Documentary Film about DC's Historic Murals
"PAINTED CITY" is a documentary following the journey of Dr. Perry Frank in her pursuit to save and preserve the memory of murals in Washington, DC. The film discusses problems such as gentrification and new building development, which not only push…
They Reminisce, In Sounds and Words
An audio documentary in which Donelle Boose interviews two DC based Hip Hop artists about their lives in and around Washington, DC. The artists, Head Roc and Uptown XO, discuss growing up in the city and in its surrounding suburbs, and how the…
RWPCS News Presents: The Whispers from Barracks Row 1960-2010
This is a short journalistic video produced by high school students of Richard Wright Public Charter School. The short film interviews older and newer residents of the Barracks Row neighborhood to learn how demographic and economic changes have…
Social and Architectural History of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood Washington, DC
This is a brochure created by the Bloomingdale Civic Association that describes the social and architectural history of the Bloomingdales neighborhood. Its primary structure is a timeline composed through the compilation of data from history books,…
DC Gardeners Oral History Project - Ryan Sheppard
The Neighborhood Farm Initiative interviewed members of Washington, DC's growing urban agriculture community to document the history of growing food in the city.
Sheppard discusses his early life in suburban Washington, DC, his early days living…
Sheppard discusses his early life in suburban Washington, DC, his early days living…
DC Gardeners Oral History Project - Chekesha Rashad
The Neighborhood Farm Initiative interviewed members of Washington, DC's growing urban agriculture community to document the history of growing food in the city.
Rashad was raised in Washington, DC in an Islamic household. Her mother cooked…
Rashad was raised in Washington, DC in an Islamic household. Her mother cooked…
We Own This
"We Own This" uses tenant interviews to show how Washington, DC’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act has helped Washingtonians resist displacement despite rapid gentrification across the city. Residents who have purchased their properties talk about…
Southwest Remembered: A Story of Urban Renewal
During the effort in the 1940s to clean-up inner-city slums, the Southwest neighborhood of Washington, with the worst slums in the city, was selected for redevelopment. the effort to provide better housing for the community ended with 23,000…
Black Georgetown Remembered
Georgetown, in the early 1900's, was an important center of black commerce and community, where doctors, entrepreneurs, and artists lived in close proximity. This documentary film, produced in part by Georgetown University, examines the…
"Capers": Public Reading and Forum Series
Capers is a one-woman show based on the stories of families at the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects - also known as 'Capers - in southeast DC who protested the government-funded relocation and demolition of their neighborhood. This…