Movie Being Made About Central District

I recently wrote a blog about 23rd and Union questioning an article I read that said the corner was improving.  I mentioned how the gas station had recently closed and the restaurant space on the corner had been vacant for a couple years.  The article that I questioned did give me hope because it mentioned new businesses that were coming.  But 23rd and Union has long been an infamous corner and now a movie that was filmed, at least in part, on location this past summer will be coming out soon.  The new movie is called “23rd and Union” and is based around the shooting that took place at the above mentioned restaurant space where the owner, Degene Dashasa, was murdered.  The tragic murder is the center of a story that talks about the ongoing gentrification of the neighborhood and the issues that arise from it.

The movie is due to be released this summer.  Click link to watch the movie trailer.