Staged in the manner of YouTube makeup tutorials, Fine Lines explores the effects of gentrification and the historical connections between racism and urban development. Harris-Babou’s mother, Sheila, applies her makeup while reading fictionalized letters from real estate developers trying to sell her Brooklyn home, which become increasingly flattering and filled with feigned familiarity. Interspersed throughout the video are Sheila’s reflections on her teenage upbringing in housing projects, ambivalent feelings about selling her home, and her desire to see someone else desire what she now has.