Co-director Michael Galinsky (with Suki Hawley) and Daniel Goldstein discuss the documentary Battle for Brooklyn, in an interview recorded earlier this year. When the highest-density real estate development project ever proposed in the U.S. begins bulling its way through his Brooklyn neighborhood, Daniel refuses a buyout on principle. As his neighbors succumb, community organizations are corrupted into collusion, and his girlfriend departs, the accidental activist finds himself the sole resident of his 31-unit building—and, as the last holdout, the only thing standing in the way of the rapacious development. Through his (now purposeful) activism, Daniel meets the woman he will marry, and their wedding is followed by a final showdown in court with the developers. .

Music Playlist
Stand Up (and Be Strong), Keb' Mo'
Stand Up, Ferron
Snowing in Brooklyn, Ferron
Brooklyn Blurs, The Paper Raincoat
The Gauntlet, Dropkick Murphys