See Park Slope back in the day in The Landlord at BAM.
There will be screenings at 4:30, 6:50 and 9:40pm. The 6:50 screening will be followed by a Q&A with actress Lee Grant and director Robert Downey, Sr.
BAM's description of the film:
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WASP-y rich kid Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment building in then-gritty Park Slope with plans to evict the current residents and turn it into a ritzy home for himself. When the black tenants refuse to move out, however, Enders is launched into a series of comic misadventures that begin to change his outlook on life and attitude about race. Hal Ashby’s pointed comedy strikingly predicts contemporary concerns regarding gentrification and presents a nuanced, daring exploration of race relations in America that is surprisingly ahead of its time.
This is part of the BAMcinématek series Movies by Hal Ashby
