Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities worldwide. Longtime residents are pushed out. Not even nurses, policemen and firefighters can afford to live in the cities that they are supposed to protect. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster: Housing as a financial asset, a place to park money.

PUSH is a new documentary from award-winning director Fredrik Gertten, investigating why we can’t afford to live in our own cities anymore. Housing is a fundamental human right, a precondition to a safe and healthy life. But in cities all around the world having a place to live is becoming more and more difficult. Who are the players and what are the factors that make housing one of today’s most pressing world issues?

The film follows the United Nations special rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha, in her work, and with interviews with sociologist Saskia Sassen, economist Joseph Stiglitz and the writer Roberto Saviano.

"a whirlwind tour of rocketing rents and personal tragedy" The Guardian