“The State Government has said they need to sell this public housing to build more public housing which sounds reasonable enough until you do some research and it has become evidently clear that there is not much profit to come from this.
“If anything all it is going to do is damage our history and social consciousness. We are talking about Sydney’s older community with working class roots that helped build the wharves and the government just want to shuffle them off to make room for the rich and famous.”
The young filmmaker said she would continue shooting until the State Government’s deadline for the completion of the sell-off in March 2016. “I will be here filming until the end, whether that is the residents chaining themselves to their fences – I have come too far to stop now,” she said.
“The important thing for me between now and then is to keep releasing small parts of the documentary online so the public can keep up with the situation.”
Ms Lucine said the plight of Millers Point was synonymous with struggling communities across the globe.
“This is not just happening in Millers Point, we are seeing this struggle everywhere where the concept of community is really changing and people are able to buy their social status instead of earning it,” she said.
“My film looks at the way money can push people out of the way simply because their land is valuable.
“If we push everyone who isn’t wealthy out of the city then the life of our city will die, there will be no diversity and no culture.”
For more information about Forced Out or to help fund it visit:
documentaryaustralia.com.au/films/1839/forced-out
RESORCED: http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/millers-point-public-housing-crisis-struggle-street-in-central-sydney-captured-by-filmmaker-blue-lucine/story-e6freon6-1227354693120
http://www.news.com.au/national/millers-point-public-housing-crisis-struggle-street-in-central-sydney-captured-by-filmmaker-blue-lucine/story-e6frfkp9-1227354693120
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| Blue Lucine said she will continue filming in Millers Point until the situation is resolved. Picture: John Appleyard |
“If anything all it is going to do is damage our history and social consciousness. We are talking about Sydney’s older community with working class roots that helped build the wharves and the government just want to shuffle them off to make room for the rich and famous.”
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| Blue Lucine talks with long time Miller's Pont resident Barney Gardner. Picture: John Appleyard |
“The important thing for me between now and then is to keep releasing small parts of the documentary online so the public can keep up with the situation.”
“This is not just happening in Millers Point, we are seeing this struggle everywhere where the concept of community is really changing and people are able to buy their social status instead of earning it,” she said.
“My film looks at the way money can push people out of the way simply because their land is valuable.
“If we push everyone who isn’t wealthy out of the city then the life of our city will die, there will be no diversity and no culture.”
For more information about Forced Out or to help fund it visit:
documentaryaustralia.com.au/films/1839/forced-out
RESORCED: http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/millers-point-public-housing-crisis-struggle-street-in-central-sydney-captured-by-filmmaker-blue-lucine/story-e6freon6-1227354693120
http://www.news.com.au/national/millers-point-public-housing-crisis-struggle-street-in-central-sydney-captured-by-filmmaker-blue-lucine/story-e6frfkp9-1227354693120
