BECAUSE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AS LONG AS YOU'RE PUTTING AS LONG AS YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YOUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PERCENT INTO IT. PERCENT INTO IT. >> COMMUNITY IN MIAMI IS TRYING >> COMMUNITY IN MIAMI IS TRYING TO SAVE ITSELF FROM BEING A NEW TO SAVE ITSELF FROM BEING A NEW DOCUMENTARY CALLED RAISING DOCUMENTARY CALLED RAISING LIBERTY SQUARE CHRONICLES LIBERTY SQUARE CHRONICLES PERSONAL STORIES OF RESIDENTS PERSONAL STORIES OF RESIDENTS FROM LIBERTY SQUARE AS THEY FROM LIBERTY SQUARE AS THEY LEARN ABOUT WHAT THREE HUNDRED LEARN ABOUT WHAT THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR REVITALIZATION MILLION DOLLAR REVITALIZATION PLAN WOULD DO TO THEIR PLAN WOULD DO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT IS BEING NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE NEWEST FORM OF CALLED THE NEWEST FORM OF RACIAL INJUSTICE. RACIAL INJUSTICE. AND CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION. AND CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MIAMI. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MIAMI. IT'S GROUND ZERO FOR SEA LEVEL IT'S GROUND ZERO FOR SEA LEVEL RISE. RISE. WE ARE THE EXAMPLE OF CRIME WE ARE THE EXAMPLE OF CRIME AND GENTRIFICATION. AND GENTRIFICATION. WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS WOULD SAY MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS WOULD SAY THEY'RE GOING TO COME TAKE THEY'RE GOING TO COME TAKE LIBERTY CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T LIBERTY CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T FLY TO VALENCIA, GUNDA FLY TO VALENCIA, GUNDA AND CATIZONE. AND CATIZONE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US . JOINING US . I APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE IT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY. IT'S AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY. BEFORE WE GET INTO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST THE QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST LIKE BE HERE. LIKE BE HERE. CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION. CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION. >> WHAT IS THE BROAD DEFINITION >> WHAT IS THE BROAD DEFINITION OF CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION? OF CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION? SO EVERYBODY. SO EVERYBODY. YEAH, SO COMMON GENTRIFICATION. YEAH, SO COMMON GENTRIFICATION. THAT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT IS DRIVING, YOU KNOW, HOUSING IS DRIVING, YOU KNOW, HOUSING RENT IN THE MARKET AND BUSINESS RENT IN THE MARKET AND BUSINESS MARKETS TO GO UP AND ACTUALLY MARKETS TO GO UP AND ACTUALLY DISPLACING COMMUNITIES DISPLACING COMMUNITIES AND CULTURE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN AND CULTURE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN MIAMI AND ALSO THE UNITED MIAMI AND ALSO THE UNITED STATES , ACTUALLY . STATES , ACTUALLY . >> OKAY, SO IN 2017, >> OKAY, SO IN 2017, THE REVITALIZATION THE REVITALIZATION PROJECT FIRST STARTED IN PROJECT FIRST STARTED IN LIBERTY SQUARE AS HOMES WERE LIBERTY SQUARE AS HOMES WERE BEING REPLACED BY THIS BEING REPLACED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT. YEP, I'M WONDERING, YOU FILMED YEP, I'M WONDERING, YOU FILMED ALONGSIDE RESIDENTS FOR ALONGSIDE RESIDENTS FOR FIVE YEARS WHAT DID YOU SEE FIVE YEARS WHAT DID YOU SEE THERE THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT THERE THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO BRING TO A BIGGER AUDIENCE? TO BRING TO A BIGGER AUDIENCE? >> WELL, I STARTED >> WELL, I STARTED ACTUALLY WITH A VERY HISTORICAL ACTUALLY WITH A VERY HISTORICAL INTEREST IN THIS. INTEREST IN THIS. IN THIS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THIS ONE OF THE OLDEST PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES AND NOT JUST AS A AS A EUROPEAN BORN IN AS A AS A EUROPEAN BORN IN GERMANY, I COULDN'T BELIEVE GERMANY, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD JUST BE SLATED THAT IT WOULD JUST BE SLATED COMPLETELY FOR DEMOLITION COMPLETELY FOR DEMOLITION AND WOULD DISAPPEAR. AND WOULD DISAPPEAR. SO I PICKED UP MY CAMERA AND I SO I PICKED UP MY CAMERA AND I WANTED TO PRESERVE SOMETHING. WANTED TO PRESERVE SOMETHING. AND THEN WHEN I STARTED STARTED AND THEN WHEN I STARTED STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE, I LEARNED, TALKING TO PEOPLE, I LEARNED, WELL, ACTUALLY SITTING WELL, ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE HIGHEST AND DRIEST ON THE HIGHEST AND DRIEST GROUND IN MIAMI, AND IT TURNED GROUND IN MIAMI, AND IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY, INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN EQUIVALENCY. EQUIVALENCY. >> YOU'VE GONE ON TO EDUCATE >> YOU'VE GONE ON TO EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT CLIMATE YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION, AS WE JUST LAID GENTRIFICATION, AS WE JUST LAID OUT THE DEFINITION FOR TO SEEK OUT THE DEFINITION FOR TO SEEK JUSTICE. JUSTICE. >> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK. SCIENTISTS SAY THAT WE CAN SCIENTISTS SAY THAT WE CAN EXPECT AROUND SIX FEET OF WATER EXPECT AROUND SIX FEET OF WATER OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES. OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES. PARK THE MIAMI BEACHES AT ZERO PARK THE MIAMI BEACHES AT ZERO FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. >> BUT LIBERTY CITY SITS ON A >> BUT LIBERTY CITY SITS ON A RIDGE 12 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. RIDGE 12 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. OH, BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, OH, BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE SEA LEVEL RISE PEOPLE ARE THE SEA LEVEL RISE PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO. MOVING INTO. OUR COMMUNITY IS SHIFTING OUR COMMUNITY IS SHIFTING PEOPLE OUT. PEOPLE OUT. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. SO THERE IT IS . SO THERE IT IS . AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO DO THAT? YOU TO DO THAT? WE ENDED UP DOING STARTING 2015 WE ENDED UP DOING STARTING 2015 WITH , YOU KNOW, START WITH , YOU KNOW, START COLLECTING DATA, FIGURING OUT COLLECTING DATA, FIGURING OUT THE SCIENCE OF WHAT IT'S REALLY THE SCIENCE OF WHAT IT'S REALLY GOING ON . GOING ON . AND ALTHOUGH THE PEOPLE OF AND ALTHOUGH THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE MIAMI DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE TERMINOLOGY AND THE THE TERMINOLOGY AND THE SCIENCE, THEY WERE FEELING SCIENCE, THEY WERE FEELING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION. GENTRIFICATION. SO WHEN I STEPPED OUT THERE SO WHEN I STEPPED OUT THERE TO START EDUCATED PEOPLE TO START EDUCATED PEOPLE ON CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION, IT ON CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SET WAS, YOU KNOW, A SET IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE LIKE, YES, WE'VE BEEN PEOPLE LIKE, YES, WE'VE BEEN FEELING THIS FOR A LONG TIME FEELING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND WHAT CAN WE DO? AND WHAT CAN WE DO? >> TALK TO ME ABOUT >> TALK TO ME ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGHER THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGHER GROUND, LITERALLY, GROUND, LITERALLY, AND SECRETIVELY. AND SECRETIVELY. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S TRUE. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S TRUE. IT'S FOR ME, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR ME, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL US , LEATHERFACE, IN THEY CALL US , LEATHERFACE, IN COMMUNITIES LIKE LIBERTY CITY, COMMUNITIES LIKE LIBERTY CITY, LITTLE HAITI, COMMUNITY LITTLE HAITI, COMMUNITY BY LITTLE HAVANA BY LITTLE HAVANA AND ALLAPATTAH, ALL BLACK , AND ALLAPATTAH, ALL BLACK , BROWN , WORKING CLASS, BROWN , WORKING CLASS, UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. WE WERE PUSHED TO THIS WE WERE PUSHED TO THIS COMMUNITY AND IT JUST SO COMMUNITY AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT IT DOESN'T FLOW HAPPENED THAT IT DOESN'T FLOW RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THE THING IS , IS THAT WE SO THE THING IS , IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH FLOODING. WITH FLOODING. THE BAD THING IS EVERYBODY THE BAD THING IS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. KNOWS THAT. SO THEY WANT TO COME TAKE IT. SO THEY WANT TO COME TAKE IT. YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GRAB YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GRAB IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD NEED A PLACE TO RETREAT. WOULD NEED A PLACE TO RETREAT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW THAT BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WON'T BE ALLOWED TO STAY THERE. WON'T BE ALLOWED TO STAY THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN CALLED INTO ACTION. CALLED INTO ACTION. THIS FILM QUESTIONS WHO'S IN THIS FILM QUESTIONS WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE LAND THEME CHARGE OF THE LAND THEME THROUGH IT? THROUGH IT? IS THERE AN ANSWER? IS THERE AN ANSWER? UH, NO. UH, NO. THERE'S THERE'S NO ANSWER. THERE'S THERE'S NO ANSWER. I MEAN, WHAT I REALLY WANT I MEAN, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO WITH OUR FILM IS TO START TO DO WITH OUR FILM IS TO START A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS AND ALSO START THOSE QUESTIONS AND ALSO START A CONVERSATION BETWEEN AN A CONVERSATION BETWEEN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSE HOUSING MOVEMENT AND CLIMATE MOVEMENTS MOVEMENT AND CLIMATE MOVEMENTS AND REALLY MAKE A POINT THAT AND REALLY MAKE A POINT THAT THEY INTERSECT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY INTERSECT, YOU KNOW, SO BUT NO, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER BUT NO, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER . . RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT IT'S THOUGHT PROVOKING BUT IT'S THOUGHT PROVOKING AND THAT'S THAT GETS AND THAT'S THAT GETS CONVERSATION STARTED. CONVERSATION STARTED. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES. DOES. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU BOTH. YOU VALENCIA, FOR STOPPING IN YOU VALENCIA, FOR STOPPING IN AND TELLING US ABOUT THIS. AND TELLING US ABOUT THIS. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT.