Slumlord Millionaire

Directors: Steph Ching, Ellen Martinez

Producer: Nicole Tsien

Executive Producers: Stanley Nelson, Marcia Smith

Supported by LPB, Firelight Media

• Winner, Audience Award - DOC NYC

• Winner, Documentary Award - CAAMFest

• To be broadcast & streamed on PBS in summer 2025
  
  

SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE exposes housing injustice in NYC, following the David-and-Goliath battles between ordinary renters and powerful developers. Through stories from neighborhoods across the boroughs, the film reveals the harsh realities of unsafe housing, unethical landlords, and an overwhelmed housing court system. It also uncovers a troubling pattern of desirably located properties being seized for luxury developments in low-income neighborhoods, often with the system’s complicity. SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE is both empowering and sobering, highlighting grassroots activism in the fight against relentless gentrification.

www.slumlordmillionairefilm.com