Focusing on the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, there is a neighborhood called "Olde Towne". When economy hit hard in 80s until later, White Homosexual homebuyers were attracted to the neighborhood because of the cheap, beautiful, historical homes in the area. These new incoming residents in turn displaced older residents which primarily consisted of poorer African-Americans. The main focus is on two people. An older gentleman who is ordered by the city to take down a sign on his entrance. And then on an older lady, who has been summoned by the city for building code violations due to lack of maintenance. Also she is in no mood to sell her property. We do see the point of view of the gentrifiers who are sympathetic and want to care and nurture the history that these houses bring but at the same time, they are also looking to make money and profits out of all this.
This is a documentation of Gentrification; a war between low- and high- income parties. The sexual orientation has nothing to do with this, and race plays only a small part. I am not sure of this was a biased documentary but I felt that the gay community were shown off as uncaring and money-hungry.
Its hard for me to connect with either party in such scenarios and as such its hard for me to recommend this documentary or not. For me, based on entertainment or information quotient, I would still rank this pretty low. (2/10)
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