Roma Illegale talks about the birth and evolution of the rave party scene in Rome through the 90s. It describes the introduction of techno music in the Italian squat scene and the politicisation of parties, the implementation of the TAZ concept in raves with the reproportion of abandoned spaces, the way awareness was increased into the suburban youth generally indoctrinated by neofascism.
Short-documentary about the squat at Amandastraße 73 in Hamburg.
Discusses the squatters movement, made up of people who live in abandoned houses through necessity and in order to force change in housing policy. Focuses on Philadelphia, where Gloria Giles becomes a leader and gains a national reputation.
This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to resist eviction from the Honolulu shoreline - resulting in displacement, arrests, and the destruction of a community.
A documentary about “1980” in Amsterdam, by Jan Groen and Hanneke Willemse Documentary originally recorded on super 8 about the squatters' movement in Amsterdam
1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop the demolition of their building after an arson. Police forces occupy the neighborhood while the demolition continues. A portrait of an East Village that is no more. An homage to the voices and sounds of a neighborhood before its gentrification.
Pak Mokum Terug is the name of a group of Amsterdam activists that refuse to accept that the basic right to housing no longer appears to apply. The group’s name means “Take Back Amsterdam,” Mokum being the traditional nickname for a capital city in which today, for more and more people, a home is becoming unaffordable. Against this background, Hotel Mokum reports on the squatting of a dilapidated hotel in the city center, narrated in the voice of a fictitious activist.
When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale's "Beasts" horror anthology miniseries.
Benny and Arnold are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is set to clear the building they squat in, but on the night of the forced eviction, local acid head Spacy jumps from the sixth floor.
This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?
A taxi drives through the city of Berlin. Its driver is a punk, left and a well-known figure in the autonomous scene. The stations of his trip are the most important places of the autonomous scene: all in the struggle for survival. The last evictions have not yet been processed and the next ones are coming right up.
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
Dram türündeki Squatters filminde Gabriella Wilde, Richard Dreyfuss ve Thomas Dekker gibi aktörler başrollerde görev alıyor
28 yaşındaki milyoner Eric Packer için sıradan gibi görünen bir gün, 24 saat içerisinde hayatının çizgisini değiştirecek cehennemvari bir hal alacaktır. Oldukça uzun görünen limuziniyle Manhattan'da bir iş için "şehre" inen Packer trafikte sıkışınca, limuzinine giren insanlar bir şekilde hayatına etki edecektir... Çarpıcı filmlerin yönetmeni David Cronenberg'in Don DeLillo'nun romanından uyarladığı filmin başrolünde, Robert Pattinson varken kadroda Jay Baruchel, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Juliette Binoche ve Mathieu Amalric isimleri de yer alıyor...
Will, Portland’da bir ormanda 12 yaşındaki kızı Tom ile beraber toplumdan tamamen izole olmuş bir halde yaşamını sürdürürken sosyal hizmetler tarafından fark edilmeleriyle hayatları bir anda değişir. Film, topluma ayak uydurmaları amacıyla yaşadıkları çadırdan bozma evlerinden uzaklaştırılıp normal bir eve taşınmaya zorlanan baba-kızın yaşadıkları psikolojik geçiş üzerine odaklanıyor.
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.