Push

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster. The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she’s travelling the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. “I believe there’s a huge difference between housing as a commodity and gold as a commodity. Gold is not a human right, housing is,” – Leilani Farha.

“Fredrik Gertten’s lively, approachable documentary on the global housing crisis should leave audiences feeling engaged, enraged and with plenty to discuss afterwards...Potentially depressing material is handled with a light touch and a welcome edge of humour.” – Allan Hunter, SCREEN DAILY

“Fredrik Gertten’s rousing investigation into the global housing crisis plays like a real-world conspiracy thriller, with an inspiring hero at its heart. – Demetrios Matheou, LITTLE WHITE LIES

"PUSH is a rude and necessary wakeup call to the state of fair housing around the world." - Anne Brodie, WHAT SHE SAID

2019 / SWEDEN, CANADA / Colour / English, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, French / 1.78 widescreen presentation / 5.1 Dolby Surround / 92 minutes

Director: Fredrik Gertten

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