Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold.
Producer/Director
Katja Esson is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker based in Miami. She has produced and directed documentaries for PBS and HBO. A Simons Humanities Fellow at Kansas University, her films have screened at MoMa and the Smithsonian, and is supported by NEA, Knight Foundation, IDA, NYSCA, Redford Center, Sundance, Ford Foundation.
Producer
Ann Bennett is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, multimedia producer, and nonfiction storyteller for exhibitions, digital platforms, and networks like PBS, HBO, and Showtime. She holds fellowships with Sundance Creative Producing, Impact Partners, and Black Utopian Practice. Bennett is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and Harvard College.
Producer
Corinna Sager is a producer whose projects have received an Oscar nomination, World of Change Award, and Cinema for Peace nomination. She is a Sundance Documentary Grantee, founded a film festival with the United Nations, and as professor at Pace University created the “Let’s Be Frank” discussion series about America’s melting pot.