Metropolitan Avenue
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In the ethnically mixed, working-class neighborhood of Central Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y., women play an essential role in maintaining the community. Faced with cutbacks of city services, demolition of housing, and racial tension, they become activists, transcending their differences. The camera follows the women of Williamsburg speaking out to preserve a local police precinct, addressing racial divisions, and forming a neighborhood coalition.
, Portrait of a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Brooklyn and the women who are striving to keep it alive. Shows them evolving from "traditional" homemakers to active community leaders.
, Portrait of a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Brooklyn and the women who are striving to keep it alive. Shows them evolving from "traditional" homemakers to active community leaders.
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In the ethnically mixed, working-class neighborhood of Central Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y., women play an essential role in maintaining the community. Faced with cutbacks of city services, demolition of housing, and racial tension, they become activists, transcending their differences. The camera follows the women of Williamsburg speaking out to preserve a local police precinct, addressing racial divisions, and forming a neighborhood coalition.
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