A video (co-produced by Betty Yu, Noah Fischer and Alicia Boyd) is part of 'A People's Monument to Anti-Displacement Organizing CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AS A PART OF THE AGITPROP! SHOW IN THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM: APRIL 6 - AUGUST 7
This six-minute video documents the fight to stop the rezoning of Crown Heights/Flatbush, a fight that is led by Movement to Protect the People (MTOPP) occurring on the doorsteps of The Brooklyn Museum. The video highlights the insidious role of local city council members as well use of police force as an state apparatus to repress dissent.
More info about the exhibit: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/agitprop
PRESS:
A piece in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/arts/design/brooklyn-museum-puts-artwork-from-its-critics-on-display.html?_r=1
A piece Betty Yu and Noah Fischer co-wrote: http://artfcity.com/2016/04/18/a-peoples-monument-to-anti-displacement-organizing/
Alicia Boyd (of Movement to Protect the People) and Betty Yu