About
When a beloved teacher is tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a grassroots movement emerges to transform a notoriously dangerous four-lane boulevard into a safer, two-lane street with protected bike lanes. While many applaud the proposed road diet, it also sparks a backlash — led in part by a powerful local business owner. As government support begins to waver, neighbors unite to challenge entrenched interests and fight for a safer Greenpoint.
The film situates this local struggle within broader historical, environmental, political, and social contexts through interviews with politicians, activists, urban planners, entrepreneurs, and cultural icons including David Byrne and Janette Sadik-Khan. Changing Lanes makes a compelling call to action for democracy at street level.
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PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/DP BEN WOLF has served as cinematographer and coproducer on a wide variety of projects, including the feature documentaries Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (dir. Ben Niles), Ride Rise Roar (dir. Hillman Curtis), Loving Lampposts (dir. Todd Drezner), Obit (dir. Vanessa Gould), The Happy Film (dir. Hillman Curtis/Stefan Sagmeister) and Keeper of Time (dir. Mike Culyba). He also contributed extensively to the photography of Gary Hustwit’s films Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized and Rams. Splitting his time between Brooklyn and Sicily, he is an avid cyclist, and Changing Lanes is his feature documentary directing debut.
EDITOR KRISTIN BYE is a film editor and graphic designer based in Portland, Oregon. Her documentary credits include Obit (dir. Vanessa Gould), about the obituary writers at The New York Times, and 2024 Oscar-shortlisted short Deciding Vote (dirs. Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons). In 2018, Kristin was awarded the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship. Prior to working in film, Kristin was co-founder and partner of a graphic design studio for 10 years.
ARCHIVE PRODUCER PRUDENCE ARNDT has procured unique footage, photos and audio for TV documentaries and Oscar-nominated theatrical releases. Her credits include: Sons of Detroit (DOCNYC, Nov 2025), Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light (dir. Paul Wagner), Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (dir Brian Knappenberger/Netflix series), I Am Not Your Negro (dir Raoul Peck, Oscar nomination), The Opera House (dir Susan Froemke) and Project Nim(dir James Marsh, BAFTA nomination and Sundance winner).
MUSIC COMPOSER ANDREW MAROKO is a New York City-based film composer and musician. He has worked on a wide range of projects including video art, independent shorts, industrials and feature films. He prefers using acoustic or "analog" instruments when possible, even in the midst of an otherwise fully sampled or electronic context, to produce a more soulful, nuanced and textured sonic landscape.
