Flag Wars
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Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras
- 2003
| Flag Wars | |
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| Directed by | Linda Goode Bryant Laura Poitras |
| Produced by | Linda Goode Bryant Laura Poitras |
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| Cinematography | Laura Poitras |
| Edited by | Linda Goode Bryant Erez Laufer |
| Music by | Graham Haynes |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Flag Wars is a 2003 American documentary film about the conflict between two communities during the gentrification of a Columbus, Ohio neighborhood. Filmed in a cinéma vérité style, the film is an account of the tension between the two historically oppressed communities of African Americans and gays in Columbus' Olde Towne East neighborhood.[1] The film was nominated for an Emmy Award and won three awards, including a Peabody Award.[2]
Flag Wars is a look inside the conflicts that surface when black working-class families are faced with an influx of white gay homebuyers to their Columbus, Ohio neighborhood. Filmed over four years, Flag Wars’ “as-it-is-happening” cinéma vérité style captures the emotions and honesty of unguarded moments as tensions mount between neighbors.