{{for|the 19th century Flag Gang Wars in Indochina|Haw wars}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Flag Wars | image = Flag Wars dvd cover.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = Linda Goode Bryant<br>Laura Poitras | producer = Linda Goode Bryant<br>Laura Poitras | narrator = | starring = {{Film date|2003}} | music = Graham Haynes | cinematography = Laura Poitras | editing = Linda Goode Bryant<br>Erez Laufer | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2003}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Flag Wars''''' is a 2003 American documentary film about the conflict between two communities during the gentrification of a Columbus, Ohio neighborhood. Filmed in a cinéma vérité style, the film is an account of the tension between the two historically oppressed communities of African Americans and gays in Columbus' Olde Towne East neighborhood.<ref>{{cite book|title=Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies|date=2013|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1452235288|page=352|author=Michelle. A. Gibson|author2=Jonathan Alexander |author3=Deborah T. Meem }}</ref> The film was nominated for an Emmy Award and won three awards, including a Peabody Award.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Laura Poitras|journal=Documentary|date=2007|volume=26|page=36|quote= Laura Poitras received a Peabody Award for her last documentary, Flag Wars (2003), which she co-directed, produced and photographed.}}</ref>
==Synopsis== ''Flag Wars'' is a look inside the conflicts that surface when black working-class families are faced with an influx of white gay homebuyers to their Columbus, Ohio neighborhood. Filmed over four years, ''Flag Wars’'' “as-it-is-happening” cinéma vérité style captures the emotions and honesty of unguarded moments as tensions mount between neighbors.
==Awards== ''Flag Wars'' and filmmakers Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras won the 2003 CDS Filmmaker Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the 2003 SXSW Competition Award at the SXSW Film Festival, and a 2003 Peabody Award.<ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/p.o.v.-flag-wars 63rd Annual Peabody Awards], May 2004.</ref> It was also nominated for the 2004 Truer than Fiction Award at the Independent Spirit Awards and a 2004 Emmy Award.
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==External links== *[https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/flagwars/ ''Flag Wars''] site for P.O.V. on PBS * {{IMDb title|0359281|Flag Wars}}
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Category:2003 documentary films Category:2003 films Category:2003 LGBTQ-related films Category:African-American working class Category:American LGBTQ-related documentary films Category:Culture of Columbus, Ohio Category:Documentary films about cities in the United States Category:Documentary films about Ohio Category:Films directed by Laura Poitras Category:Films shot in Ohio Category:Gentrification in the United States Category:LGBTQ in Ohio Category:POV (TV series) films Category:Works about gentrification Category:2003 English-language films Category:2003 American films Category:English-language documentary films