Trailer Watch: Sara Terry’s “A First rate House” Examines Company Greed and the U.S. Housing Disaster

Sara Terry takes on a David and Goliath story in “A First rate House,” a doc exploring the battle between cell dwelling house owners and profit-hungry personal fairness companies. “Although I personal my dwelling and paid for my dwelling, sadly, I’m on another person’s land,” a resident explains in a brand new trailer for the DOC NYC title. One park proprietor reveals that he would earn anyplace from $100 to 300 million upon shutting down, rezoning, and promoting his park, displacing its low-income residents consequently. As its official synopsis describes, the movie asks, “When are the wealthy wealthy sufficient?”

“A First rate House” sees Terry touring throughout the nation to parks in Colorado, California, New Hampshire, and Iowa to look at points of sophistication and financial mobility by the accounts of cell dwelling residents, who’re struggling to make ends meet, dealing with eviction upon the doable closure of their parks, and organizing to defend their rightful possession of their properties.

On the margins of the turf battle between actual property tycoons are the forgotten, real-life households who should undergo the collateral injury of greed. And the value they pay is the roof over their heads. “A cell dwelling just isn’t a second-class home, a cell house is my dwelling,” one home-owner emphasizes.

“I believe the wealth hole — and the unbelievable inequity created by that focus of a lot wealth within the palms of some — is the most important drawback we now have on the earth at the moment,” Terry informed us. “That form of imbalance, and greed, is what’s behind each problem we face — from local weather change to systemic racism. Begin there if you wish to repair all the things else.”

“We have to query who on earth are we changing into as Individuals when housing that’s on the very lowest rung of the American Dream is being purchased up by the wealthiest of the rich looking for to make outrageous returns on their investments,” Terry mirrored in a press release. “Whose dream are we serving?”

“A First rate House” follows “Folks,” Terry’s 2013 doc following three singer-songwriters navigating the modern folks music scene. Her directorial debut, 2011’s “Fambul Tok,” tells the story of a grassroots forgiveness program in Sierra Leone. 

“A First rate House” will probably be obtainable on VOD October 25.