Randall's Island, NYC: A Video Snapshot (1 of 2 parts)

Randall's Island, NYC: A Video Snapshot
WE WON! The private theme park was stopped! Thanks to all who helped!
New York City is surrounded by islands, and Randall's Island is one the most intriguing. This short documentary style film is one part landscape meditation, one part informational video and one part Brechtian didactic cinema. With breathgiving scenes of nature in a heavily urbanized area, a few interviews and music by Antibalas, Joanne Shenandoah, Kuatli Vazquez, Aretha Franklin, Carioca and Bob Marley, the film explores issues of privatization of public space. Particulary meant to draw attention to the scheme to develop a private beach club and suburban themed "waterpark" on exisitng public ballfields and protected wetlands this is a hard-hitting and visually rewarding film for everyone interested in beauty, art and protecting the green spaces in our own neighborhoods that together make up our planet.
Altogether the film, posted in two parts, is under 15 minutes.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• randall's
• island
• privatization
• park
• green
• space
• sustainability
• avante
• garde

[friendsofbrookpark]

the waterpark was defeated thanks to the grassroots efforts, unfortunately many trees were cut, habitat areas destroyed, free play areas decimated and fences, artificial turf and an expanded permit system implemented, mostly for the benefit of a few private schools from the upper east side and riverdale

[MishaPilsudski]

i comment in this vid cool lol

[tomitstube]

cool.  i hope the island is being preserved. so the water park was defeated after construction began?