Leilani Farha

Choosing hope over despair, Berliners are banding together to get their houses back from big investors. [...] This documentary film follows five Berlin citizens of different backgrounds, countries, and diverse stories. They find themselves among almost two thousand similarly dedicated people to fight together for one cause. While their personal motivations differ, they all believe they can convince Berlin that the only way to make housing affordable again is to drive real estate companies out of their city. The stakes are high, the movement is strong. But with almost nothing in their hands, they have to prevail against an overwhelming opposition of the real estate lobby and politicians willing to sell out the city they call home.

El elevado coste de la vivienda y los fondos de inversión mundiales, empujan a las personas a la pobreza, desnudas de un derecho fundamental. La determinación del activista Leilani Farha para denunciar esta situación, revela la perversidad detrás del especulación. Es hora de reconocer que éste no es un desarrollo natural e inevitable.