Virtual Screening: Underwater Projects
Free virtual screening co-presented by DCEFF and Hip Hop Caucus.
Stream it Thursday, September 26, through Sunday, September 29. About UNDERWATER PROJECTS: Norfolk, Virginia is sinking. The already insufficient sea wall ends where a public housing project, St. Paul’s, begins. St. Paul’s housing projects’ residents are Black people.
Norfolk is home to the world’s largest naval base and there is currently no public plan to prevent it from going underwater. Instead, the local government, in partnership with federal agencies, is investing in what is labeled a “climate resilience” plan to tear down public housing and redevelop what is an historic Black community, the St. Paul’s district.
UNDERWATER PROJECTS unpacks this redevelopment plan from the perspective of community leaders and members, government officials, scientists, and climate, and national security experts. Bonus conversations: Program includes pre-recorded conversations with the filmmakers and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. Both moderated by Mustafa Santiago Ali.