Priced Out

Directed by: Cornelius Swart Released: 2018 (educational) Year of Production: 2016 Running Time: 63 min  Language: English Closed Captioned Subjects: Urban Studies,  Human Rights, African-American Studies, Gentrification   15 years of gentrification in Portland, Oregon     What does the word gentrification make you feel? "Pain." In the 1990s, Nikki Williams embraced the idea of gentrification. Fifteen years later she blamed it for "obliterating" her neighborhood. Priced Out is an emotional and investigative look at how rising home prices have displaced Portland's African-American community and reshaped the entire city.   Priced Out explores the complexities and contradictions of gentrification and life after the era of “the ghetto.” It powerfully illustrates how government policies and market forces combine to destroy and rebuild neighborhoods. Some embrace new investment at first, but few are left standing when new money moves in and old residents find themselves