Williamsburg may be known today as one of America’s white hipster capitols, but a new neighborhood storytelling project looks at how the neighborhood’s working-class Dominican and Puerto Rican residents live and thrive today.

It all started with a 1984 documentary called "Los Sures." In a decade when economic disinvestment and rampant crime plaugued the area, many residents were at their wit’s end, but also hopeful that their community could push forward. "I swear, I don’t want to live here," says one resident in the film. "I would like to get out of here." The film, directed by Diego Echeverría, was re-released this month as part of this year’s New York Film Festival.

On Saturday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, it screened shortly after an updated version called "Living Los Sures," a collaborative web documentary about today’s version of the Southside of Williamsburg. The powerful stories capture a diverse history of the neighborhood and you can listen to them here (grab a pair of headphones).

Here’s the trailer for the new project:

LIVING LOS SURES TRAILER from UnionDocs on Vimeo.

(h/t Remezcla)