renter revolt
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Izzy Evans / Tiny Whale Productions
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ABOUT THE FILM
This documentary is first and foremost for the millions of Americans who have been evicted and still face housing insecurity.
LOGLINE
Missouri is one of the worst places to be a tenant. In Kansas City, a radical group of housing organizers say enough is enough as they demand to make housing a human right in America, once and for all.
When KC Tenants began organizing against housing injustice in Missouri, they were already mad as hell. Even before the wrecking ball of Covid, Kansas City was a terrible place to be a tenant. Landlords were evicting over 9,000 people a year. And that’s just a fraction of the true number, with many more evictions occurring informally outside of the court system. The organizers who led the founding of the group in 2019 each had a horror story: from getting evicted after a cancer diagnosis to homes with no heat or sanitation to HUD funds squandered by local landlords, the list went on. And it sure wasn’t a coincidence which communities were losing their housing. In Kansas City, race is the number one predictor of eviction.
Tenants in Kansas City, especially Black women, have long felt the system is stacked against them. So when a charismatic young organizer presented the opportunity to fight back, they swung into action RENTER REVOLT: Housing and Human Rights in America's Heartland follows the story of how a group of tenants, accustomed to shame and silence, harnessed a fierce political power no one could have expected. This film will follow their journey as they fight to make housing a human right in America, once and for all.
I really appreciate Ashley’s commitment and creativity. She improved my documentary’s pitch deck across all aspects; editorially to visually to helping reimagine the scope.
I was able to receive fiscal sponsorship through the Center for Independent Documentaries because they were so impressed with it. None of it would’ve been possible without her deck.
ISABEL “IZZY” EVANS, FILM PRODUCER AT TINY WHALE PRODUCTIONS
WATCH NOW
Our hope is that this story will not only offer a new way to reimagine the housing debate, but also empower renters to take action in their own communities. Millennials and Gen-Z comprise 34% of the rental market.
Housing can be a new catalyst for conversations on reform, just as there’s generational momentum to take on climate change and criminal justice.
All images are film stills from WE, THE TENANTS