Streets of Dreams

2016

16 mins

Streets of Dreams presents inspiring portraits of grassroots activists in communities of color who are using a community land trust to preserve affordable housing and promote development without the displacement of longtime residents.

…a powerful resource for organizing and education.

Harold Simon

Executive Director National Housing Institute

Synopsis

By combining community ownership of land with individual ownership of homes, the CLT gives communities a powerful way to shape and secure their future, while opening the door to affordable homeownership for low-income residents.

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A group of mostly African-Americans of various ages gather on a stairway outside a building while two people hold scissors and are about to cut a red ribbon.

Helen Cohen

Helen S. Cohen is an award-winning filmmaker and working artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She brings to documentary filmmaking a long and eclectic history of activism and professional work with cultural, educational and community development organizations. She holds a bachelor's degree from Hampshire College and a master's degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Mark Lipman

Mark Lipman has worked as a documentary filmmaker for thirty years, exploring a wide range of subjects from domestic violence to human sexuality to affordable housing and community organizing. His films have been broadcast nationally on public television and won numerous awards. Mr. Lipman has also produced media for public interest groups throughout New England and has worked as a freelance editor at WGBH and other Boston-area companies.

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