Hi Guys, We have decided to push forwards with this project even though the funs have not been recieved. Principal filming on this documentary will begin in November in Berlin. We are still open to funding however we are going to reduce our expectation of funding to a maximum of $700 dollars. Fo some reason we recieved funding and then we lost funding on piratemyfilm? Not sure why I didn't realise the pledges could be removed? Either way we are going to be in Berlin in November to begin filming the interviews. Peace Preditor films

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/04/italian-resort-forte-dei-marmi-tourists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1N1d1cVoA&feature=player_embedded

http://www.theage.com.au/world/german-radicals-turn-to-arson-20090731-e4hf.html

The burning of cars is happening almost 1 a night in berlin. As you can see from this map, most of the arsons happen in areas where gentrification are altering the make up of the local communities. http://www.brennende-autos.de/

Shot over a four-year period, Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras’ Flag Wars is a poignant and very personal look at a community in Columbus, Ohio, undergoing gentrification. What happens when gay white homebuyers move into a working-class black neighborhood? As the new residents restore the beautiful but run-down homes, black homeowners must fight to hold onto their community and heritage. The inevitable clashes expose prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream to have a home to call your own. Winner of the Jury Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival, Flag Wars is a candid, unvarnished portrait of privilege, poverty and local politics taking place across America. http://www.pbs.org/pov/flagwars/

This Film will be shot on a Standard HV30 HD camera for interviews and a hacked Panasonic DMC-GH1 for reportage. These are both great production tools and should be in the kit of any film-maker, budding or established. We aim to spend a 5 days in the city of Berlin capturing footage of the city, the local communities and interviewing prominent members in the anti gentrification movement/politicians/local residents(rich and poor)/property developers and the like. We will aim to use as much original footage as possible.