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JEWEL OF THE PACIFIC

By Eladio ARVELO

Documentary - Completed 2018

A long-term resident of Pacific Beach explores the gradual gentrification of his once sleepy neighborhood in San Diego, California.

Festivals
& Awards

Marina del Rey Film Festival 2018

Audience Award for Best Short Documentary

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 38 mn
- Director(s)
- Eladio ARVELO
- Cast
- Jake FIELDS, Eddie OKINO, Elise THULLEN, Javier GONZALEZ, Andrew PASARETTI, Julie HAQ, Chez ELLIOTT, Jason FROELICH, Ray AGISHI
- Producer(s)
- Eladio ARVELO (Eclectic Aspirations), Shareef HAQ (1and1 Productions)
- Synopsis
- "Jewel of the Pacific" is a short documentary film featuring Shareef Haq, a long-term resident of Pacific Beach, as he explores the gradual gentrification of his once sleepy neighborhood in San Diego, California. Throughout the film, Shareef learns from a diverse group of Pacific Beach residents how the neighborhood has changed from attracting surfers and college students to attracting a demographic of entrepreneurs and work professionals who bring along better restaurants, better bars, better fitness options, and even their own farmers market. Will the beach culture of the local community survive as the cost of living starts going up, pushing out original residents?