This film premiered April 2025 at the Cobble Hill Cinema. Over a decade, the wife-and-husband team Jamie Courville (director, producer, editor) and Chris Reynolds (director, producer, cinematographer) documented meeting after meeing of the rezoning process and shot the glories and decay of the Gowanus as it was. They created a tone-poem about what was Red Hook’s eastern shore and captured the tensions within the community about the future of our local Superfund.
For those who’ve been involved in the Brooklyn Marine Terminal process so far, some of the jargon and process will feel familiar, and there are some familiar faces in the film.
Many reviews (see three below) get into land use discussions, as we expect will happen with our community conversation after the film. The filmmakers will be present. Co-presented by the NY Film and Video Council. Their Zachary Levy will moderate the discussion.
Part of 3 film series “Rezoning History” hosted by PortSide at Strong Rope Brewery:
1. Thursday, October 9, 7-9pm: “Emergent City”
2. Wednesday, October 15, , 7-9pm: “Gowanus Current”
3. Tuesday, October 21, 7-9pm: a new, still un-named documentary about the current BMT process by filmmaker Rodrigo Brandão
