Shirikiana Aina’s 1982 film Brick by Brick was prescient in its examination of the devastating effects of neglect and gentrification on minority communities, made all the more powerful by being set in Washington, D.C., where the visual juxtapositions of poverty and the pageantry of government monuments amplify the injustice. But more than a documentation of strife, the film also focuses on the Seaton Street Project, a tenants union with a progressive community ownership model whose ideas are just as resonant today as ever.

The screening is part of Art + Practice’s current exhibition “Time is Running Out of Time: Experimental Film and Video from the L.A. Rebellion and Today,” on view through September 14, itself part of the Broad’s “Soul of a Nation,” on view through September 1. Representatives from both venues as well as the Southern California Library will be on hand to discuss the film’s historical context and continuing relevance.

Art + Practice, 3401 W. 43rd St., Leimert Park; Tue., Aug. 13, 7 p.m.;  free; artandpractice.org.