58 minutes/VHS

"This terrific documentary--at once a moving history and a hopeful battle-cry--tells the story of a grassroots struggle to revitalize an urban neighborhood abandoned by America. The model of inter-ethnic solidarity and effective activism it presents will come like rain in a dry season to communities all over the nation."

Jonathan Kozol, author
Author, Death at an Early Age and Amazing Grace

"Holding Ground powerfully captures the high moments and the drudgery of rebuilding communities. The producers have brought a strong and creative touch to their work that will leave the audience with engaging portraits of activists and doers who refuse to give in and do prevail. We come away not only with good stories, but hope. Well done."

Henry Hampton
Executive Producer and Creator, Eyes on the Prize

"Through grass-roots sweat and tears, a group of ordinary people not only fight City Hall, but also persuade it to champion their stubbornly independent, neighborhood-driven approach to urban renewal...[Holding Ground] has cumulative human power and, at the end, an inspirational image of what the neighborhood was and what, with toil and pride, it is becoming."

John Koch
The Boston Globe

"Beautifully shot, well researched, intimate and fresh, this film captures the vitality of an empowered community responding to the challenges of disinvestment, cultural differences, drugs and crime, and city politics. Its thematic chapters make wonderful catalysts for discussion."

Lillian Jimenez
Director of Media Literacy, Media Network

"A terrific story and a great organizing tool. Not only do we see the story unfold over a long period of time, but it is told from the point of view of the people who really did the job."

Gordon Quinn
Executive Producer, Hoop Dreams

"I was left with a profound sense of hope."

Gloria Rubio-Cortes
Vice President, National Civic League

"Holding Ground vividly portrays the ingredients of successful community revitalization: leadership, patience, participation, vision and organization. It can inspire, fortify and teach all of those who care about the survival of community in our cities."

Harold Richman, Director
Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

"Community building is alive and well in America today. This superb documentary will make believers of those who doubt that, and provide heartening evidence to those who already know it."

Lisbeth B. Schorr, Director
Harvard University Project on Effective Interventions

"Without dogma or party line, Holding Ground compellingly covers an array of complex community issues facing people everywhere. The lasting impressions of this deeply affecting work are carried in the voices of the people, triumphant."

Bo Smith
Film Curator, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

"I would hope that anyone associated with community planning, neighborhood organizing and the rebirth of neighborhoods would have a chance to view the film."

Mary Lou Crane, New England Director
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

"Holding Ground makes an important contribution to the work all of us are doing as thousands of people across the country try to enrich the meaning of democracy and empower the majority of our nation."

Frances Moore Lappe & Paul Martin DuBois
Co-Directors, Center for Living Democracy

CINE Golden Eagle
Grand Prize, Carolina Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Columbus International Film and Video Festival
Environmental Film Festival
Awards Nominee, Independent Documentary Association
Hot Springs Documentary Festival
Margaret Mead Festival
Mill Valley Film and Video Festival
NEA National Medal of the Arts Nominee
Outstanding Video, New England Film and Video Festival
Advocate Journalism Award, Northampton Film and Video Festival
Other America Festival
Gold Award, Philadelphia International Film Festival
Finalist, WorldFest-Houston
Silver Award, WorldFest-Charleston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Art, Baltimore