Filmakers - Urban Issues

Urban Issues

11 film(s) found

	7l West Broadway, Ground Zero, N.Y. Like thousands of New Yorkers who lived downtown, the filmmaker witnessed close-up the horrific events of 9/11. She grabbed her video camera and documented what it was like to reconstruct one's living space and life after the devastating event. more »
	Annie - Street Orphan in New York Street tough and very vulnerable, this young girl has honed her survival skills. more »
	Electric Boogie A portrait of the Electric Boogie Boys, a hip hop dance group from the South Bronx. For them street dancing is a form of self-expression and a way to cope with their environment. more »
	George Washington Bridge: Crossing the Hudson The George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey is often called the most beautiful bridge in the world. Such a bridge had been envisioned ever since the Brooklyn Bridge was built in the 1890's but the execution of such a large span had to wait for more than a quarter of a century, until 1931. more »
	Girltalk An intimate portrayal of the lives of three runaway girls. All are the victims of heartbreaking family life, yet each shows the capacity of life-affirming resilience. more »
	The Last Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Rebirth of an American City By 1908, Frank Lloyd Wright was considered the most innovative architect in Chicago. He traveled to Mason City, Iowa, to design a unique business block-- a bank and an adjoining hotel, the Park Inn. This unique film traces the life, death, and possible rebirth of a Midwest downtown through the prism of the decaying hotel. As a last resort, the city decided to place it on E-bay in an effort to sustain this landmark structure. more »
	Lavender Lake: Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal South Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, opened in 1866, was once hailed as one of the shortest and most important waterways in the world. It is also one of the world’s dirtiest. With humor, the film shows how the community is trying to clean up the canal. more »
	The Lost City: Beijing This film looks at the issues of urban gentrification and preservation in Beijing today, as the old neighborhoods are being demolished for 'development' more »
	Mr. Wong’s World Mr. Wong is a wealthy business man who returned to China from Canada. He has made it his mission to rescue historic buildings of old Shanghai that would otherwise fall prey to the wrecking ball during an unprecedented building boom. more »
	Poet of Poverty This is a film about one man’s words. These are the words of an Irish priest who came to Camden, New Jersey, forty years ago and never left. Father Doyle’s words bear witness to a horrendous crime: the total neglect of America’s poorest city, Camden, New Jersey. more »
	Two Square Miles When a proposed multinational coal-fired cement plant threatens to change the character and possibly contribute environmental waste to the small city of Hudson, N.Y., its citizens are galvanized into action. more »