UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality

This intimate feature documentary focuses on one of the country’s most iconic and increasingly income divided zip codes, Venice CA 90291. Once a mecca for artists, outsiders and a thriving Black community, Venice is now the frontline for America’s heated battles over gentrification, lack of affordable housing, and homelessness. With moving, personal profiles of families who struggle to remain in their rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, to bitterly contested community fights over a proposed homeless shelter, UNZIPPED explodes stereotypes and humanizes the lived experiences of people caught in the cross-fire of America’s growing housing divide.

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UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality

The film will be available streaming on Vimeo on June 1st! If you would like to request a DVD of the film for educational use and/or community screenings, please email michael@videoproject.org.

For this powerful documentary film, we’ve created a  Community Learning Guide. The Community Learning Guide is a new film-inspired resource featuring key sections to explore through the film. Each section can be used on its own or in collaboration with other key sections. The guide is flexible and appropriate for classroom use, community learning settings, homeschool learners, hybrid educational settings and independent exploration of the film. The guide includes robust background information and helpful facilitation guidelines to set the stage for a positive learning experience.

There are five key learning sections in the community learning guide. Each key section includes: a driving question, useful terms (when applicable), personal reflection, discussion questions, extension activities and additional resources. These sections can be used on their own or in conjunction with other sections in the guide.

The guide wraps with a #RaiseTheRoof Solutions Blueprint Builder and content-rich Appendices that include Case Studies, Further Context and a Glossary of Useful Terms.

Community Learning Guide

Facilitation Guidelines
Introduction to the Film
Letter from Director Colin Gray
Land Acknowledgement
Setting the Stage: Pre-Viewing Questions

Key Learning Sections:

1: Barriers to Affordable Housing
2: Economic and Social Costs of the Affordable Housing Crisis
3: Perceptions and Beliefs About Housing
4: The Value of Diverse Communities
5: Criminalization of Poverty/Neglect of the Poor
6: Looking Ahead: Hope and Possibilities
7: Solutions: What is Working and Known? What Can We Imagine and Do?

Preview Community Learning Guide

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Journeys in Film supports the Sustainable Development Goals.This curriculum guide connects to the following United Nations SDGs. Learn more about teaching with SDGs: https://en.unesco.org/themes/education/sdgs/material.
Red background. Number 1 in white in the upper left hand corner. Beside it text reads: No Poverty. Icons, in white clip art style, of adults and children are below the text. Magenta background. 10 in the left-hand corner. Reduced Inequalities beside the number. Central image on the magenta background is a not quite complete circle with equal marks inside. Golden yellow background color. 11 in white in the upper left hand corner. Sustainable Cities and Communities next to the number. White icons of various buildings is the center art on the yellow background.

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