Raising the Bottoms: Survival and Hope in West Oakland

By , Collab Films
Posted on April 1, 2008, Printed on November 20, 2008
http://www.wiretapmag.org/warandpeace/43517/

How does your community survive? Do you hold summer Block Parties? Organize monthly community meetings? Or just kick it on the porch with the friends? In this video, anonymous filmmakers of West Oakland community, commonly called "The Bottoms," explore how they make sense of economic disenfranchisement, violence and frustration while remaining hopeful about the future.

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