Hawaii Premiere: Battle for Brooklyn

About the Film:

Directors: Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky
USA, 2011, 93 mins.

Battle for Brooklyn is an intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood after their property is condemned to make way for 16 skyscrapers and a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets. New York Times Critic’s’ Pick. Official Selection: HotDocs 2011

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