Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13: CLASS DIVIDE
Marc Levin’s exploration of a changing neighborhood made its debut at the Hamptons last year. It went on to screen at DOC NYC, where it won the Metropolis competition. The film has also screened at Havana’s International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, and will be broadcast on HBO in the Fall.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality in a microcosm, Levin’s film explores two distinct worlds that share the same Chelsea intersection – 10th Avenue and 26th Street. On one side of the avenue, the Chelsea-Elliot Houses have provided low-income public housing to residents for decades. Their neighbor across the avenue since 2012 is Avenues: The World School, a costly private school. What happens when kids from both of these worlds attempt to cross the divide?
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