For the past 18 years, Baltimore City has used eminent domain to remove and demolish homes in Poppleton, a historic neighborhood where black homeownership flourished in the post-Civil War years, to clear land for new construction by New York developers of La Cité.

This 20-minute ethnographic short film tells the story of Angie Banks and Sonia Eddie, two neighbors from this African-American community who have suffered the consequences of the violence of development with displacement. Angie was forced to leave her home overnight with three children in her care. Sonia is fighting to save her family home and get it out of the development deal.

The film also allows the developer to explain the implications of his project and consults with various experts in urban development, public policy, and racial violence about the hidden causes and devastating consequences of these developments.