This Is Our Home, It Is Not for Sale

As lofts and townhomes continue to take over historical areas in Houston, it’s bittersweet to see how things started out and, sadly, how they barely still are. In the documentary This Is Our Home, It Is Not for Sale, director Jon Schwartz chronicles the construction and deconstruction of Houston’s Riverside neighborhood. The film follows the cycle of settling, upheaval and resettling in the area as both white and black residents struggle to keep their culture and history alive. The transformation of Riverside over the past 60 years is shown through photographs, home videos, news clippings, interviews and more, and set to the music of H-town’s own late jazzman Arnett Cobb.

Related Content

• This Is Our Home and It Is Not for Sale
  February 2, 2012
• Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine:
  January 19, 2012
• Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works"
  January 12, 2012
• Cinema Arts Festival Houston
  November 3, 2011
• Capsule Art Reviews: "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Sherrie Levine: Selected
  January 26, 2012

More About

• Jon Schwartz
• Houston (Texas)
• Arnett Cobb
• Visual Arts
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

Schwartz will be on hand to introduce this film, which will be preceded by his five-minute short about the demise of the now-defunct Almeda Theater. 2 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet. For tickets and information, call 713-639-7771 or visit www.mfah.org/films. $5 to $6.
Sun., April 13, 2 p.m., 2008