{"id":35746,"date":"2025-06-05T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=35746"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:12:13","slug":"slumlord-millionaire-film-review-riveting-storytelling-greggwmorris-theword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/slumlord-millionaire-film-review-riveting-storytelling-greggwmorris-theword\/","title":{"rendered":"SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE: The riveting story telling  about the unsafe living conditions, unethical and corrupt landlord practices and an housing court system that seems to exacerbate the misery of millions of NYC tenants and renters is startling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>It&#8217;s easy to see why this film was the 2025 NYC DOC Audience Award Winner. Now, in 2025 it&#8217;s coming to PBS.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slumlord Millionaire Official Trailer\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fd1mN8RZphU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"watch7-content\" class=\"watch-main-col\">\n<div>\n<p>The PBS documentary <em>Slumlord Millionaire<\/em> delves into the housing injustices faced by tenants in New York City, spotlighting the struggles of residents in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. Directed by Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez, the film follows the battles between everyday renters and powerful landlords.<\/p>\n<p>Through personal stories from various boroughs, the relentless policy-practice of properties in low-income areas are often seized for luxury developments, frequently with systemic complicity are made clear. The system of protection for renters and tenants has been undermined.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary also highlights grassroots activism and tenant-led movements fighting against relentless gentrification.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>SLUMLORD MILLIONARE <\/em>premiered at DOC NYC 2024 and will be appearing on PBS in a few weeks, It features appearances by activists and tenants, including Fabian Bravo, Janina Davis, Moumita Ahmed, and Ren Ping Chen. The film is presented in English, Spanish, and Chinese, reflecting the diverse communities it portrays. The PBS series VOCES acquired U.S. broadcast and streaming rights to SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE, a compelling David vs. Goliath(s) story of people fighting back against the inimical renting problems people must confront in these days of skyrocketing cost of rent in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35766\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_CAAAV_02062800-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Rating SLUMLORD MILLIONARE: <\/strong>\u00a0Meticulous camera work, composition, and lighting enhance the story. Visuals without a doubt support the film\u2019s tone and mood. Good editing maintains scenes transition smoothly avoids unnecessary scenes or distractions. Film Score and Soundtrack right on. Production values: Makes an audience feel as if is right there where the action is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35768\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323-560x325.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323-260x151.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323-160x93.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-SLM_Bravos_02140323.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/firehouse.dctvny.org\/websales\/pages\/info.aspx?evtinfo=492060~2998286f-8e4b-4c31-9017-dcced8ffebb3&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click Here For Scheduled Times<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>the WORD<\/strong><\/em> Editor Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s easy to see why this film was the 2025 NYC DOC Audience Award Winner. Now, in 2025 it&#8217;s coming to PBS. &nbsp; The PBS documentary Slumlord Millionaire delves into the housing injustices faced by tenants in New York City,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/slumlord-millionaire-film-review-riveting-storytelling-greggwmorris-theword\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269,31,29,2287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2269","category-film-tv-reviews","category-film-tv","category-reviews-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35746"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35770,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35746\/revisions\/35770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}