A group of people yell and raise fists at a protest
Takeover
Still from Takeover
Film Complete

Directed by

Emma Francis-Snyder

Produced by

Tony Gerber

Takeover explores the twelve historic hours on July 14, 1970, in which fifty members of the Young Lords Party stormed the dilapidated Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx, drove out their administrative staff, barricaded entrances and windows, and made their cries for decent healthcare known to the world. They raised the Puerto Rican flag atop the building, and a banner reading “The People’s Hospital”–a nom de guerre still used today. Through archival footage, seamless reenactments, and modern-day interviews, we follow the Young Lords’ resistance against institutions curated by wealth and white supremacy and their fight for the most basic human right: the right to accessible and quality healthcare.

Takeover is a participant of Project: Hatched 2022.

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