Join us for a deep dive into the history and impact of the BQE in our city.
Part of the Film Series around Community Activism brought to you by Resilient Red Hook:
"It’s now been 70 years since the highway was completed and its age is showing. Now is the perfect time to reimagine the BQE and repair the damage it continues to inflict on the community."– Segregation by Design
The Story of the BQE Documentary Screening at Green Lung Studio in Red Hook
March 13th 6:30-8:00pm
The Story of the BQE documentary screening, part of a Film Series around Community Activism hosted by Resilient Red Hook, is followed by a Q&A with former City Council Member Carlos Menchaca and filmmaker Adam Paul Susaneck. This event is free and open to the public – registration is required. Space is limited.
The Story of the BQE documentary, by architect Adam Paul Susaneck, Founder of Segregation by Design, produced by the Institute for Public Architecture with NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, uses archival footage and photography to show how the construction of the 35-mile-long Brooklyn-Queens Expressway demolished historic neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, divided communities, and displaced hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers across the two boroughs. The Story of the BQE Film and Oral History project includes a web-based oral history archive comprising interviews with Brooklyn and Queens residents around the impact the highway has on their lives. This project expands IPA’s work since 2020 to highlight the institutional segregation and environmental impacts created by the highway and help raise awareness of the historical exclusion of underserved communities in decision-making about their physical space. For more information, visit The Story of the BQE.
The project is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate; Big Oh Bijoux; Sasaki; KVL Audio Visual Services; Municipal Art Society Enduring Culture Initiative; Simon’s Hardware; and private donations.
A big thank you to Brooklyn Public Library and the Green Lung Studios for your support.
Admission: Free
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Seating is on a first come first serve basis and we will have a large amount of standing room availability to accommodate a larger crowd.
Check out our next film: Celebrate World Water Day March 20th - "Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration" community screening and discussion also at Green Lung Studio