Urban Studies Movies

  • 2004
    Shellmound

    Shellmound

    Shellmound

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    “Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for...

    Shellmound
  • 2012
    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

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    Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst...

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
  • 1964
    Changing Landscapes

    Changing Landscapes

    Changing Landscapes

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    A sophisticated and beautifully constructed account of landscape change in and around Paris in the early 1960s. The film raises complex issues about...

    Changing Landscapes
  • 1984
    Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story

    Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story

    Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story

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    Discusses the squatters movement, made up of people who live in abandoned houses through necessity and in order to force change in housing policy....

    Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story
  • 1970
    Whose Barrio?

    Whose Barrio?

    Whose Barrio?

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    Jose Rivera is a lifelong resident of Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) but is afraid that gentrification will force him out. James Garcia has just bought...

    Whose Barrio?