The world is urbanizing at a breathtaking pace, and cities have become a battleground for wealth and privilege. Those who have them feel entitled to dictate the form and function of urban areas; those who don’t just want to retain their homes.
Housing insecurity—be it a result of forced migration or rent increases—and what it means for our cities (and identities) is a defining issue of this century. Four films at the 2019 Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF), running from October 16–20 in New York, tackle this topic head on: Push (2019, Fredrik Gertten), receiving its U.S. premiere; The Human Shelter (2018, Boris Benjamin Bertram), which had its U.S. premiere at the Los Angeles ADFF in March; Miracle on 42nd Street (2017, Alice Elliott); and What It Takes to Make a Home (2019, Daniel Schwartz).
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