Flag Wars (2003)
3.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
What happens when black working-class families are faced with an influx of white gay home-buyers in their neighbourhood? Filmed over four years, 'Flag Wars' is a clear-eyed look inside the conflicts that surface in one inner-city Columbus, Ohio, community. The film's as-it-is-happening verite style captures the raw emotions of unguarded moments between neighbours: the lesbian realtor who sells the area's Victorian homes; a new home-buyer who moves to the area to live openly as a gay man; two longtime residents who are in court because of new housing codes; and the judge who hears their cases. From porch conversations and family dinners to public hearings and street protests, 'Flag Wars' provides a rare and extraordinarily intimate account of the social and human consequences of capitalism and the pursuit of the American Dream told through the lives of residents in a community confronted by gentrification. - Actors:
- Nina Masseria, Josephine Goode, Floyd Goode, Shango Baba Olugbala, Linda R. Mitchell, Richard C. Pfeiffer, Jim Yoder, Chuck Spingola, Kathleen Bailey, Daniel Barber, Randy Black, Roger Bohn, Shirley Bowen, Thomas Cambell, Sue Carpenter, Timothy Clarke, Eric Collins, Aaron Cordell, Lashawnda Darryl-Patrice Keith, Rory Devore
- Genres:
- Documentary, Lesbian & Gay, Special Interest
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