8-2-13: Understanding neighborhood lines, and movies for August




WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast show

Summary: Some of the inequities we’ve talked about in our series The Lines Between Us are concepts and attitudes. Today we’re going into the city to actually see the lines between us. Urban planner Daniel D'Oca will show us a few examples of policies and physical barriers that keep people of different backgrounds apart. Then, in 2010, in Northwest Baltimore, an African-American teenager was assaulted by an Orthodox member of a neighborhood watch group called Shomrim. Three years later, Tom Hall talks with members of each community who are trying to talk across the lines. And it’s one of the best times of year to see a movie. From "Fruitvale Station" to "Drinking Buddies," we hear about the finest films of summer from Jed Dietz and Ann Hornaday.