Ivey’s controversial movies trace East Liberty’s changes (Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported East of Liberty, a documentary series examining the ramifications of development occurring in the East Liberty area of Pittsburgh. East of Liberty received a Community Connections Grassroots grant to support outdoor, public screenings of the film.
Chris Ivey strives to move people to action with his art.
He doesn’t have an ax to grind, he says, just truths to tell — complicated, multifaceted truths.
On a recent Tuesday night, Ivey walks into a large Kingsley Association meeting room in Larimer, hugging and shaking hands with friends and associates as he sets up his Panasonic DVCPro HD P2 camera and tripod.
He’s shooting footage for the third installment of his “East of Liberty” documentary series examining the ramifications of redevelopment in the East Liberty area.
The first installment, “A Story of Good Intentions,” debuted in 2006 and focused on residents displaced from the East Mall, Liberty Park and Penn Circle subsidized housing apartments, but included interviews with former city officials, community activists and neighborhood businesses.
The second installment, “The Fear of Us,” premiered in February and explores class, race and redevelopment from the perspective of the business community and residents. It will be screened Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Lincoln Elementary School.
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