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By: festival@artsengine.net
Posted: Jun 17 09
Witnessed: 1266 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Housing, Poverty, Sustainable development
Tags: Detroit, gentrification, Hip Hop, housing rights, Media That Matters, music video, urban development
Hip Hop artists join Detroit citizens to speak up about the effects of ill-planned urban developments.
[This Film is part of the Media That Matters Online Film Festival. For more information, go here.]
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