Press
New York Times Article
8 Nov '09
The Times has a piece on the latest controversy surrounding the lot featured in the film, which for has recently been converted into a cement procesing plant. Link.
Library Journal Review
8 Nov '09
Jeff Clark of Library Journal says the film is: "For all urbanites trying to hold back change, or attempting to make peace with it." Read here.
Cineaste Staff Recommendation
Oct '09
Editor Rahul Hamid picked the film for the Fall 2009 issue.
Curled Up With a Good DVD
6 January '09
"...the film is beautifully photographed, well-edited and full of intellectual challenges." Full Review
Fascinating view of "progress"
26 December '08 Trust Movies
"...anyone interested in documentary filmmaking will want to see A Hole in a Fence." Read
Radio Interview
24 December '08 Cynical Cinema
With Eric the Intern at Cynical Cinema/Chez 106 in Ottawa. Check it out here.
23 December '08
"Young's focus is crisp and his subject original, using the mystery of The Yard to speak on the larger issue of preserving New York City history." Read.
8/10* Stars
12 December '08 Cynical Cinema
"A Hole In A Fence is more than just a portrait of a neighbourhood, it is also a commentary on the social, cultural, and economic divide in America." Full review.
06 December '08
"This is an interesting in-depth look at the forces that shape our communities." Full review (middle of page).
05 December '08
"Thought-provoking interviews with Red Hook residents, artists and preservationists — including those angling to save a doomed dry dock — highlight the price of progress, for better or worse." (Full mention halfway down the page here.)
Review in ScreenCrave
02 December '08 ScreenCrave
Read the review.
2 July 08
The film is mentioned in a nice piece by Shahnaz Habib.
"DW Young's A Hole in a Fence begins as a curiosity project about a gash in a rusty metal fence around an abandoned concrete field in Red Hook and turns into a complex exploration of urban community living."
Read here.
19 June 08
Ran a short profile on the film. Read here
Interview
02 June '08 Friction TV
Friction TV did a short piece on the Watefront Museum screening, including interviews with D.W. Young and David Sharps. Check it out here.
Red Hook's Demise, Development Documented
27 May '08 Gothamist
D.W. Young's A Hole in a Fence, the documentary which focuses on Red Hook, has been floating around for a while and is coming back to town this week -- just before the new IKEA opens its doors in the 'nabe.<read>
Documentary on Red Hook Development
26 May '08 Brooklyn Eagle
A documentary about development and gentrification in Red Hook, “A Hole in a Fence,” will be screened on Thursday, May 29, aboard the Waterfront Museum barge, 290 Conover St. at Pier 44 in Red Hook.<read>
Live From Red Hook: Documenting the Old
15 Nov '07 Curbed
Don't remember Red Hook when the wild dogs were still around? Here's a trailer for a new documentary about the neighborhood called A Hole in a Fence. It looks at gentrification-related changes in the neighborhood and a site next to the rising Ikea store with an interesting back story. <read>
New Red Hook Documentary
16 Nov '07 GowanusLounge
From the look of the trailer that you can click above, the new Red Hook documentary A Hole in a Fence, is a valuable look at a pat of the neighborhood that is nearly being erased and recreated. The film looks at Red Hook through the big empty lot that is adjacent to the former Todd Shipyard and current Ikea. <read>
A Hole in a Fence
18 Nov '07 Brooklyn Ramblings
Last summer I was interviewed by D.W. Young, a documentary filmmaker, who was shooting a film about an abandoned lot in Red Hook. This chameleon of a site has been, variously, a graffiti spot, a homeless encampment, a formerly industrial truck loading zone, a magically-invisible overlooked and forgotten lot, contested urban space, a possible Ikea parking lot, and a reed-filled shallow pond. <read>
