Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine Filming Locations

Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine filming locations

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Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine Filming Locations

Lewiston is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with the city's population at 37,121 as of the 2020 United States Census. The city lies halfway between Augusta, the state's capital, and Portland, the state's most populous city.

Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine (2009)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Rating: 8.9
Release year: 2009
IMDB: tt1382306
Plot summary

In the summer of 2004, the Mayor of Lewiston, Maine announced a plan to develop a four-lane boulevard across downtown's low-income neighborhood. This project was called "The Heritage Initiative." Contrary to its name, this plan was going to eliminate the downtown's heritage by displacing 850 people from their homes as well as destroy playgrounds, vegetable gardens, and historic buildings. Moving residents out of the city and improving traffic flow was at the heart of this proposal... It was 1960's Urban Renewal all over again. As tragic as the circumstances were, the threat of a road destroying the neighborhood required residents to rise to the challenge of becoming *community organizers. Instead of allowing their neighborhood to be paved over, the residents of downtown organized themselves into a group called "The Visible Community." They received support from non-residents alike - social service leaders, college students, and other people who recognized the Heritage Initiative as an unfair way of "cleaning up" the downtown at the expense of the people who lived there. What happened next was an incredible story of people coming together to protect their homes, hold their political leaders accountable, and work towards creating a democratic planning process that honored the input of low-income people as much as any other person's voice. This movie documents 5 years of development and community organizing in Lewiston, Maine. It reveals the strategies, the mistakes, the prejudices, the lessons... all of the difficult stuff that makes up the political process - the act of making decisions and setting policy TOGETHER. It's an exceptional story about the people of Lewiston, but it's also a universal story about the challenges faced by many urban neighborhoods across the United States.

Genres
Documentary
Cast
Directors
Craig Saddlemire
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Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine filming locations