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Director: Brian Plow
Email: bplow@towson.edu
Website: http://www.homedocumentary.com/
Filmmaker will be attending.
Running Time: 70 mins
Since 1741, York, Pennsylvania has been a salt-of-the-earth American city, touting a proud cultural, architectural and industrial history. But like most American urban centers since the 1950s, steady migration to the suburbs has allowed financial strain, poverty, crime and blight to become York’s current hallmarks and greatest challenges.
In the midst of these challenges, some have sought a revolution in York - an economic revolution. When the plan was announced to level a low-income neighborhood and build a minor league baseball stadium in downtown York Pennsylvania, it was heralded as the beginning of a comprehensive, city-wide redevelopment vision.
Who could argue against baseball, a powerful icon of American nostalgia? Who could argue against such a gift to such a beleaguered city?
But what happens to the people and families who had to leave their homes? Houses are built with wood and nails; brick and mortar. Homes, however, are built over time with family and memories; they are deeply associated with our sense of identity and security. Whether through eminent domain or amicable negotiations, the questions arises: how does one assess the intangible value of home?
Home is a story of an American urban space and its struggle to survive. It is also the story of one woman, who left her home of 50 years to make way for baseball, and her struggle to start over. | |  |
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