Movie Description:
What happens when black workingclass families are faced withan influx of white gay homebuyers in their neighbor- hood? Filmed over four years, FLAG WARSis a clear eyed look inside the conflicts that surface in one inner city Columbus, Ohio, community. The film`s as it is happening verite stylecaptures the raw emotions of unguarded moments between neighbors: the lesbian realtor who sells the area`s Victorian homes; a new homebuyer who moves to thearea to live openly as a gay man; two longtime residents who are in court because of new housing codes; and the judge who hears their cases. From porchconversations and family dinners to public hearings and street protests, FLAG WARS provides a rare and extra- ordinarily intimate account of thesocial and human consequences of capitalism and the pursuit of the American Dream told through the lives of residents in a community confrontedby gentrification.
