Top 20 movies like I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel

I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel

Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Thomas Haemmerli broaches the topics of city development, architecture, density, housing market, xenophobia and gentrification from an autobiographical perspective. The path of his life has led him from a childhood in the villa district of Zürichberg, through his teenage years as squatter to flat shares, yuppie apartments and finally second homes in various cities. Only recently having become a dad, he plans to further enhance Zurich’s price appreciation by purchasing a huge, extended city apartment… This multifaceted essay not only humorously questions the filmmaker’s decisions, but also those of the right-wing conservatives, who are afraid of losing their space to immigrants, and the political left, who fail to embrace modern-age architecture.

Die Gentrifizierung bin ich: Beichte eines Finsterlings is of 1 hour(s) and 38 minute(s). It is Produced By:  ican films. It was released on 2018-10-18.

Genres: Documentary

1. The Grass Dwellers (Los habitantes del pasto)

The Grass Dwellers

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.

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2. Varning! Harning! (Varning! Harning!)

Varning! Harning!

The controversial Swedish author Anderz Harning share component of his writing, his sources of inspiration and his never ending anger. "Didn't I say so/Vad var det jag sa" are the challenging words on his memorial stone. Anderz Harning was a major critic of the modern bureaucratic society, nepotism and abuse of power. In his autobiographical novels "Stålbadet" and "Asfåglarna", he reflects on his upbringing in a Nazi home in Sweden.

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3. Camus, l'icône de la révolte (Camus, l'icône de la révolte)

Camus, l'icône de la révolte

(Camus, l'icône de la révolte)

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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4. Arild Kristos's verden (Arild Kristos's verden)

Arild Kristos's verden

"The World According to Arild Kristo" - A portrait of the Norwegian photographer, designer, screenwriter and filmmaker Arild Kristo . The son of a cabaret singer. Who made his first film only 11 years old. Worked as a piccolo at Hotel Bristol in Oslo . Took to the sea and was involved in the filming of "Windjammer" . Freelance photographer in the US during the 60's. An outsider who lived a very different kind of life. In Paris or Berlin or Oslo.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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5. Melody of Noise (Melody of Noise)

Melody of Noise

The film accompanies musicians who have devoted themselves to new, uncharted sounds with a great deal of passion. They build new instruments and work with quotidian noises. In the process, the ostensible noise often becomes sound. An adventurous journey of discovery into the realm of noises and sounds, rhythms and stillness. Together with people who listen closely and without reservation. A film that aims to engage viewers to listen with their eyes and see with their ears. Astonishingly sublime.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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6. Brassens by Brassens (Brassens par Brassens)

Brassens by Brassens

An intimate portrait of Georges Brassens, giant of French song.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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7. Igor Levit: No Fear (Igor Levit: No Fear)

Igor Levit: No Fear

Follows the artist over two years as he explores his „life after Beethoven“, as he searches for his next challenge, his identity as an artist.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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8. Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies (Bruce Willis - Warum die Legende niemals stirbt)

Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies

An in-depth look at the life and career of Bruce Willis, featuring never-before-seen photos and videos from the Willis family collection. Narrated by Bruce Willis.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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9. A Cop Movie (Una película de policías)

A Cop Movie

This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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10. A Sense of Justice (Maîtres)

A Sense of Justice

A Sense of Justice, immerses us In a law firm in this same city. There, we can find Christine Mengus and Nohra Boukara, specialized in the rights of foreigners, supported by Audrey Scarinoff and their co-workers.. Stories from their sad, appalling or tragicomic cases alternate with their daily legal work. And as we hear snatches of consultations involving illegal entry or departure, deportation orders, the right to reside or medical assistance, we become witnesses to predictable tragedies, to the administrative or social precariousness induced by such predicaments, and to whole lives depending on court rulings.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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11. Antídots per a un paradís fake (Antídots per a un paradís fake)

Antídots per a un paradís fake

The twelfth edition of the International Meeting of Collective Architectures was held in Palma de Mallorca, in the neighborhoods of La Soledat, Nou Llevant and Es Molinar, at the end of September 2019. The meeting focused on the imposition of false paradises and the description of the current mechanisms of urban transformation that expel people from their neighborhoods.

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12. Once Upon a Vilnius (Čia buvo Vilnius)

Once Upon a Vilnius

Vilnius is a city of notable historical heritage and unique character currently undergoing considerable changes. Some of the life fragments our camera has recorded are no more. The film, therefore, is a testimony to that which has faded into oblivion, and a glimpse into what is to come.

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13. Eighteen fragments from Malcolm Le Grice’s After Leonardo

Eighteen fragments from Malcolm Le Grice’s After Leonardo

"This installation or performance work puts my own earlier film of the Mona Lisa through another stage of transformation – my own irretrievable self of some 34 years ago is now also part of the subject I first saw the ‘actual’ ‘Mona Lisa’ when I was about thirteen. Of course I had seen dozens of reproductions in books and postcards by then and the popular mythology of the enigmatic smile was already well engrained in my mind. My strongest impression, as I recall, was how small and unsurprising it was – a heavily protected cultural icon – no longer really a picture – and I was much more excited by the painting of the distant landscape than by the face. My own ‘version’ of ‘la Giaconda’ was never an homage, nor like Marcel Duchamp’s ‘L.H.O.O.Q’, an attack on its cultural power. Instead it came from a fascination with change and transformation – maybe also with arbitrary appropriation." Malcolm Le Grice

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

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14. Første Trinn (Første Trinn)

Første Trinn

(Første Trinn)

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15. Isabelle Adjani, 2 or 3 Things We Don't Know about Her... (Isabelle Adjani, 2 ou 3 choses qu'on ne sait pas d'elle...)

Isabelle Adjani, 2 or 3 Things We Don't Know about Her...

Documentary that retraces Isabelle Adjani's life and career.

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16. Kelly (Kelly)

Kelly

(Kelly)

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17. Claps e peraulis (Claps e peraulis)

Claps e peraulis

(Claps e peraulis)

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18. De Profundis (De Profundis)

De Profundis

At the end of the 80's, the city of Itacuruba, in the backlands of Pernambuco, was transferred to another locality due to the construction of a hydroelectric plant. In the new region, the city began to register many suicides, reaching a rate ten times greater than the national average. Through memories of the lost city, villagers reveal that the root of a people is like the root of a tree: essential to life.

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19. Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s) (Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s))

Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)

Documentary on the French graphic and visual artist and designer, editor, artistic director, and teacher who is known for his widely-used fonts.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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20. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Großstadt)

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.

It has an average vote of 7.679 on TMDB.

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