P.O.V.

P.O.V.

Emergent City (38x5)


Air date: Aug 18, 2025

Residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn face rising rents, a legacy of environmental racism and the loss of the industrial jobs that once sustained their community. When a global developer purchases a massive industrial complex on the waterfront and lays plans for an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of the neighborhood and of New York City itself.

  • Premiered: Jul 1988
  • Episodes: 394
  • Followers: 4
  • Running
  • PBS
  • Tuesday at 22