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The Rebuilding of Mascot Flats
| Length: | 59 min |
| Released: | 1992 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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This is a moving story about a group of homeless New Yorkers who set out to renovate an abandoned tenement building. Helped by Habitat for Humanity, including Jimmy Carter, we watch inexperienced people become proficient carpenters and tenant-owners. This group of ethnically diverse people overcomes bureaucracy, skepticism and lack of money to attain finally a decent affordable place to live. Filmed over a three-year period, it follows their struggle to turn a collective dream into a reality. Their saga can be a model for successful replicable restoration and community efforts.
"It's an irresistible underdog story about ordinary people refusing to be overwhelmed by the odds." - LA Weekly
"... compelling and absorbing... essential to an intelligent public discourse on the problems facing American cities." - Bill Ryan, Municipal Art Society, NYC
"... compelling and absorbing... essential to an intelligent public discourse on the problems facing American cities." - Bill Ryan, Municipal Art Society, NYC
Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1991
Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival, 1991
Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival, 1991
