A Walk Through Fort Greene – TRAILER from Diane Paragas on Vimeo.

A feature length documentary is about the black arts movement in Fort Greene from the mid 80′s-early 90′s is currently in production. The film, directed by Nelson George and Diane Paragas, features Lorna Simpson, Kevin Powell, Chris Rock and of course, Spike Lee among others.

Fun fact! My husband and I shared our very first apartment together (without the roommates) in Ft. Greene in 1988. To this day, it was the nicest apartment we ever lived in. A grand parlor floor of a brownstone on Adelphi Street. We lived there for 2 years, paying $825 and had the best landlord evah! In 1990/91 we moved to Park Slope because of the lack of amenities in the area. There wasn’t much going on for a couple of vegetarians back then.

But we’ll always love Ft. Greene.

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