Press

guardian

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.

eagle

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.

Friction TV

 

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>