"Priced Out" is an investigative and personal look at how skyrocketing housing prices are displacing Portland's black community and reshaping the entire city. This is a trailer of a work in progress as of 2015 when the film was exclusively focused on Portland's black community. Expected release fall of 2017.

Priced Out is an upcoming documentary about gentrification in Portland, Oregon. This is a trailer from a work-in-progress as of 2016. Expected release fall of 2017. www.PricedOutMovie.com.

A 2002 documentary about gentrification in the black neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon.

A sequel to this film, Priced Out, is scheduled for release in 2017. More details at www.pricedoutmovie.com.

The Story: Nikki Williams struggles to provide a decent life for her 10-year-old daughter. She takes on drug dealers and a developer intent on creating low-income housing in her neighborhood. While public officials emphasize the need for new affordable housing that will prevent displacement caused by gentrification, opponents fear that the new property will attract crime.

In the early stages of gentrification improvements are often seen as a solution to persistent crime and blight. But as homeowners replace renters a new class bias can emerge that transcends race.

[Film contains mild profanity]

In 1999, after a racially charged debate, the Boise Neighborhood voted to oppose all new subsidized rental housing in its area. Fifteen years later the area would be ground zero for gentrification in black Portland, Ore.

The following is a scene from the 20002 documentary on gentrification, NorthEast Passage. The sequel Priced Out will be released in the fall of 2017. More at www.PricedOutMovie.com