Overview

From the award-winning writer & director Colin K. Gray and executive produced by Lucy Liu, UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality is a searing exposé of the growing affordable housing crisis in America. This intimate feature documentary focuses on one of the country’s most iconic and increasingly income divided zip codes, Venice CA 90291. Once a mecca for artists, outsiders and a thriving Black community, Venice is now the frontline for America’s heated battles over gentrification, affordable housing, and homelessness. With moving, personal profiles of families who struggle to remain in their rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, to bitterly contested community fights over a proposed homeless shelter, UNZIPPED explodes stereotypes and humanizes the lived experiences of people caught in the cross-fire of America’s growing housing divide. A topical local lens on this alarming humanitarian issue, UNZIPPED is an urgent call to action for more equitable housing solutions for every community in America and around the globe. TEAM: UNZIPPED is produced by GRAiNEY PICTURES in association with Ley Line Entertainment, Still Moving Pictures and The Nation of Artists. The award winning and BIPOC representative filmmaking team (Everything Everywhere Miss Juneteenth, The Square, Black Boys, Being Canadian, Freedom’s Fury) includes writer/director/producer Colin K. Gray; producers Megan Raney Aarons, C.J. Gronner, and Jamila C. Fairley; executive producers Lucy Liu, Theresa Steele Page, Tim Headington, Elliot Kotek, Amaechi Uzoigwe and Lorien Gabel; cinematographer Tyler Heckrman; and editors Davide Fiore and Mohamed El Manasterly. The score is composed by Leo Z and the film features music tracks by acclaimed rap duo, Run The Jewels, as well as DAP The Contract. SALES: For Global Sales info, please contact Cargo Film & Releasing: http://cargofilm-releasing.com