Bronx Documentary Center
Sunday, October 23, 2022, 6–9 pm
Join the BDC for a book launch with author Jill Jonnes, as she presents the 3rd edition of South Bronx Rising. Jonnes will be accompanied by writer Nilka Martell as they discuss the book’s publication and the impact these photographs have had in the Bronx.
Thirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough—ravaged in the 1970s and ’80s by disinvestment and fires, then heroically revived and rebuilt in the 1990s by community activists—Jill Jonnes returns to chronicle the ongoing revival of the South Bronx. Though now globally renowned as the birthplace of hip-hop, the South Bronx remains America’s poorest urban congressional district. In this new edition, we meet the present generation of activists who are transforming their communities with the arts and greening, in projects like the restoration of the Bronx River. At the same time, real estate investors have noticed, setting off new gentrification struggles.
Photos from photographer Mike Young, whose photos are in the new 3rd edition of South Bronx Rising, as well as other local photographers will be on display. Author Jill Jonnes and activist Nilka Martell, who wrote the new forward, will speak in a Q&A format. Will sell and sign books.
Bronx Documentary Center
614 Courtland Ave
Bronx, NY 10451
718-993-3512
info@bronxdoc.org