"Brooklyn Matters lays bare many of the challenges facing our nation's cities today but none so compelling as the threat to democracy. Who benefits? Who pays? Most importantly, who decides? These are fundamental issues raised by the controversy over the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, and debates over redevelopment in communities throughout the United States. "
Gregory D. Squires
Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Public Administration
George Washington University

"It can be difficult to clearly communicate to the public the relevant details and urgency of such a complex and fraught project. For this reason, Brooklyn Matters is particularly welcome; the film is a clarion call on an issue of great significance."
Richard Moe, President
National Trust for Historic Preservation

"Isabel Hill's revealing documentary about the proposed Atlantic Yards project takes an honest look at the complex role that race, class, power, and money play in the redevelopment of our communities and calls for a more open discussion about equitable urban development."
Stacey Sutton, Asst. Professor of Urban Planning
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Columbia University

"A powerful look and indictment of how red-carpet treatment for big real estate substitutes for any real planning skill or capacity by public agencies in New York."
Jon Orcutt, Director
Tri-State Transportation Campaign

"In Brooklyn Matters, Isabel Hill presents a dramatic, incisive, and clear-eyed portrait that cuts through the heated rhetoric over Atlantic Yards to expose its core issues--issues facing many American cities today."
Robert Lake, Professor
Center for Urban Policy Research
Rutgers University

"Brooklyn Matters is a remarkable film that slowly, quietly, calmly reveals the extreme ugliness at the heart of one of the most ill-conceived mega-development schemes in New York history."
Francis Morrone
Architectural Historian

"Brooklyn Matters is a passionate film about the city's soul. In this film we meet people who are struggling to understand the costs and benefits of the biggest mixed-use project to hit New York City in years. The film's empathy with their need for housing and jobs makes Brooklyn's challenge come alive for viewers in all cities of the world."
Sharon Zukin. Professor of Sociology
City University of New York