The Structure of “ My Brooklyn”
Introduction ( What was the old Brooklyn ?), started with the photographer Jamel Shabazz taking about the Brooklyn he grew up in and the filmmaker’s own experience when she first moved to Brooklyn after college. Neighborhoods in Brooklyn had changed a lot back then except one unique place Downtown Brooklyn. Introducing how this place was so special for people and how It could bring people together.
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* Bring up the problem that grabbed her attention about Downtown Brooklyn. The Downtown Brooklyn plan, the city purposed the plan and claimed that their goal was make the Downtown Brooklyn a office area. The filmmaker left three questions and it could be said that they are the main purpose for filming this documentary. The questions are What was Brooklyn becoming?,
What was it for? , Who was calling the shot?
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Body( Why the space was special and the process of this place got gentrify including the struggles )
First Body Paragraph
Begin with interview deep root resident, introducing their local business, small shop, African American culture and how the locals love this Fulton Mall area. Bring up one example why here was special, because the important hip hop music was started from here. Music, Art and Fashion, lots of black designer started their work in Fulton Mall area. Bringing readers to the modern time and interviewed residents in the farmer’s market. To show how different raise of people who has different culture background have different opinion with space. Great Depression, the economic reason made the government started to think about using spaces in Brooklyn to make money.
Body Two
The developer presented their Downtown Brooklyn Plan but there were lots of doubt in the plan, the developers promised to bring in jobs, housing unit and make the area better place but they did not mention how the small business could survive if the rent went higher. So we started to see the
two conflict city model of Fulton Mall in this paragraph. Then the Filmmaker dig deeper to discuss where was the Downtown Brooklyn plan came from. More, she points out the differences of these two models. The developers wanted the space changed to a office space, bring in more high classes people, students, there would be outdoor cafe, retail strips bustling with people. Basically they wanted to gentrified the space to a more modern, city feeling area. On the other hand, the locals wanted to keep the area like it used to be in the 60s. It was full of character and style. They wanted the space to gather the community together. Also this area was spot to get cheap deal for shopping, it was a affordable place for them to hangout.
Body Three
Brooklyn Plan stated, building luxury building instead of office. It did not bring in any jobs, it only brought the unaffordable housing unit here. Residents were mad and upset they started the protects, Furee organization but the plan just still went on without listen to their voice. Lots of small bugginess shut down because the rent went so high. Local shops, mall closing, people moving out to the neighborhood. The filmmaker interview with some developers and they believe it was a right thing to do and the change was only for a better space.
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Small business moved out the neighborhood, the Downtown Brooklyn Plan from making the office space to only building luxury housing. The rent became unaffordable for lots of people. The locals felt like they were not treated right but no one could really do anything about it.
In the final scene the filmmaker found some residents in Brooklyn and ask them What is Brooklyn means to them.
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The video start with the photograph’s flash back of how was the Brooklyn used to like and then the filmmaker gave some her own experiences. Then in the video the narrative went back and ford from the locals voice to the developers voices, their were interviews, facts that the filmmaker found. She also put some her own voice through the film, finally it went back to how the locals think what was Brooklyn means to them.
