POV · SEASON 38
Emergent City
Episode 5 · 2025-08-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
Residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn face rising rents, a legacy of environmental racism and the loss of the industrial jobs that once sustained their community. When a global developer purchases a massive industrial complex on the waterfront and lays plans for an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of the neighborhood and of New York City itself.
90 minutes
Season 38 episodes
1. UNION2025-06-23
2. Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place2025-07-07
3. Made in Ethiopia2025-07-14
4. The Ride Ahead2025-07-21
5. Emergent City2025-08-18
6. A New Kind of Wilderness2025-08-25
7. DRIVER2025-09-01
8. The Age of Water2025-09-08
9. Black Snow2025-09-15
10. The Bitter Pill2025-09-22
11. Porcelain War2025-09-29
12. A Mother Apart2025-10-06
13. Between Goodbyes2025-12-08
