urbanism movies page 2

Promises, Promises ... (1973)
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This short film explores the problems and potentials of small towns in the Drumheller Valley region of Alberta. Citizen participation in the growth...

Snow Fighters (1957)
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A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.

Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée (2017)
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In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements...

A Capital Plan (1949)
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This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction....

Picture Perfect Pyramid (2013)
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Picture Perfect Pyramid is a 16mm film which in counter-clockwise spirals, circles a large pyramid structure that was built on the outskirts of...

Real Estate (1973)
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Exploring the impact of the now defunct Steinberg supermarkets on the urban environment.

Alternate Spaces (2022)
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A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

Matta Viel (2017)
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Focusing on the Matta-Viel complex, the immediate environment, the program, the materiality, the community of neighbors and its architects and what...

Our City (2014)
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This is Brussels, the capital of Europe, a city of concrete cages wrapped in glass, planned by businessmen and politicians, set in motion by...

Some People Have to Suffer (1976)
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Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20...

Encounter on Urban Environment (1971)
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This feature documentary takes a look at how the Halifax/Dartmouth community in Nova Scotia was stimulated by a week-long session held by a panel of...

Huis clos pour un quartier (1969)
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Grand Littoral (2003)
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Valérie Jouve is a weel-known photographer, and Grand Littoral is her first film. Out the outskirts of Marseille, in a landscape criss-crossed by...

Little Burgundy (1968)
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Documentary

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old area of Montréal is...

Québec...? (1967)
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This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective...

Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 1: The City - Heaven and Hell (1963)
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American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

City Limits (1971)
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Author and activist Jane Jacobs talks about the problems and virtues of North American cities.

Düsseldorf - Balanced Urban Growth (1974)
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Individualized for profit, yet harmonious in its whole, Düsseldorf has met and largely conquered the conflicting demands of economic growth and...

Uma Cidade Chamada Tiradentes (2006)
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The documentary offers an overview of the district of Cidade Tiradentes and its inhabitants. It starts by the acquisition of land by the public ...

Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made (1975)
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Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.