“ They ’ re trying to change the character of the Village - trying to make it a hipster suburban mall version of what was once a great village of artists and working class families . It ’ s enough to make a villager puke !” New Jersey Stage spoke to the director about his documentary , which will be screened at the New Jersey Film Festival on Sunday , January 28 at 7:00pm .
You hit on many different subjects in The Lost Village including student debt , gentrification , wealth disparity , and NYU ’ s hold on much of city . Do you see the film as telling the particular story of Greenwich Village or are you using it to represent cities like that all over the country ? Yes and Yes . I tell the story of Greenwich Village as it is now . This story is universal as it is happening in cities all around the country and the world . With all the distraction in our media concerning Trump and Congress , the media has not told you these