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Room For Us (2024)




Co-Directed by Patrick Kennedy & Jasper Clark-Craven
Edited by Patrick Kennedy
Where do you go when the average home price is $4.5 Million, the cheapest freestanding house costs $1.8 Million, and you're 30 miles out to sea?
The first feature-length documentary to be produced during Semester Cinema, Room For Us?: Confronting Nantucket's Housing Crisis invites audiences into the vibrant, diverse lives of Nantucket's year-round community as they grapple with the challenges of finding a home in one of the world’s most expensive real estate markets. From those living on the streets to families making over $180,000 a year, Nantucket’s housing crisis cuts across all demographics, threatening the very fabric of society. As one local puts it, “A place that rents for $65,000 a week is probably not something a teacher is going to be able to afford.” Despite significant investments in affordable housing and the efforts of a committed group of housing advocates, the unique pressures of living on a vacation island that caters to billionaires and millionaires has many locals asking: "Does Nantucket have room for us?"
Lead by documentary mentors, students in the Documentary Planning & Producing department reached out to subjects, conducted interviews, managed equipment, and edited key segments, all in collaboration with their peers
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