Razed

Razed (2025)

DocumentaryHistory

Before there was Tropicana Field and its surrounding acres of asphalt, there was the Gas Plant Neighborhood. A primarily Black neighborhood, the Gas Plant was home to families, businesses, churches, and a deep sense of community and place. The people were displaced and the neighborhood was leveled—all to make way for baseball. The story of the Gas Plant Neighborhood follows a narrative of community displacement that has been repeated throughout our country for the sake of “progress.” At the core of this film are the first-hand stories and memories from a community cut short, presented in a historical context that’s rarely accessible to the masses. As we look to the next few decades of development in St. Pete, Razed cautions us to consider the true cost, and encourages us to imagine a better way forward.

Director: Andrew Lee

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	Andrew Walker as
	Brenda Conyers-Nelson as
	Carlos Lovett as
	Charles Dew as
	Dena Macon Nelson as
	Dr. Willie Felton as
	George Stovall as
	Gwendolyn Reese as
	Jon Wilson as
	Katrina Henderson McDonald as
	Kent Graham as
	Ken Welch as
	Leon Jackson as
	M. Michelle Davis as
	Mildred Kennedy as
	Mordecai Walker as
	Paul Stewart as
	Rev. Don Gaskin as
	Rev. Robert Vinson Jr. as
	Rev. Watson Haynes as
	Russell Cato as
	S. Rose Smith-Hayes as
	Steve Suggs as
	Suzanne Felton as
	Thomas "Jet" Jackson as
	William Graveley as

Crew