City of Water explores the aspirations of public officials, environmentalists, academics, community activists, recreational boaters and everyday New Yorkers for a diverse, vibrant waterfront at a time when the shoreline is changing faster than at any other time in New York's history. The documentary features interviews with Deputy Major Daniel Doctoroff, US Representative Nydia Velazquez, MacArthur Fellow Majora Carter, author Phillip Lopate, Sand Hook Pilots' Captain Andrew McGovern and many others, and includes footage from Jamaica Bay, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and many other places on the waterfront.
Followed by panel discussion about the future of New York City’s waterfront featuring: Moderator Daniel Wiley, Community Coordinator for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez Majora Carter, Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx; Carter Craft, Director, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance; Greg O’Connell, Pier 41 Associates; and Professor William KornblumWHEN: 11/30/2007
