Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Premiered February 07, 2022

Directed by Giorgio Angelini

Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.

About the Documentary

Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.

The Filmmakers

Giorgio Angelini

Giorgio Angelini enrolled in the Master of Architecture program at Rice University during the ’08 real estate collapse. In that tumultuous time, the seeds for Giorgio’s directorial debut, Owned, took shape. He launched Ready Fictions production company with producing partner Arthur Jones, and produced Jones’ film Feels Good Man.