raise the roof

Building Tenant Power in Syracuse A film by Gretchen Purser & Franklin Thompson
Official Selection Better Cities Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Love Wins Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Reel Work Film Festival 2025
Studs Terkel Award, Working Class Studies Association 2025
Official Selection We Are Home Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Workers Unite Film Festival 2025
August Fifth Studios Syracuse Tenants Union Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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