GO-GO CITY: DISPLACEMENT AND PROTEST IN WASHINGTON, DC

For decades, Washington, D.C. has been a beacon for Black culture and community. Now, a wave of economic and cultural gentrification occurring at breakneck speed threatens to erase this history. GO-GO CITY: DISPLACEMENT AND PROTEST IN WASHINGTON, DC explores this rich and colorful tapestry and the forces behind the gentrification that stand to mute it. GO-GO CITY also documents a poetic moment in which the long-term citizens of Washington, D.C. − the communities most impacted by rampant gentrification − rally around their unique music to retake the streets and make their voices heard.