Push
Catalogue Number: BLUE27
Producer: Blue Ice Docs Fund Inc.
Subject: Canadian World Studies, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, Global Issues, Social Issues, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Sweden
Copyright Year: 2019
Running Time: 91:55
Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that influences us all. This is not gentrification; it’s a different kind of monster. The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she’s travelling the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. “I believe there’s a huge difference between housing as a commodity and gold as a commodity. Gold is not a human right, housing is,” says Leilani.
WINNER – Global Docs Jury Award – Docsmx
Best Feature Film – San Francisco Green Film Festival
Jury Award – Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival
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