The Lost Village

Director Roger Paradiso’s politically charged documentary spotlights how Greenwich Village – a former bohemian haven for poor college students and countercultural artists – has been plagued by the forces of gentrification in recent years. Laden with student debt and rising student rates, New York University students protest their university’s modus operandi as an exploitative real estate company., This documentary spotlights Greenwich Village and how the neighborhood has been altered by the recent forces of gentrification. Laden with loan debt and rising rental housing rates, NYU students living in the area protest the school’s complicity in allowing costs to spiral out of control, which have caused acts of desperation and severe hardship.