Contributor
Freidrichs, Chad.
Imprint:New York : First Run Features, c2012.
Description1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Documentary.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Note:Extra features: Pruitt-Igoe site tour -- Interview outtakes -- Bonus film: More than one thing (dir. Steve Carver;30 min.; 1969) -- Director's commentary -- director biography ;; Film gallery.
Note:Traces the creation and demise of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in Saint Louis, Missouri. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as a marvel of modernist architecture and a milestone in public assistance and urban redevelopment, but in the years that followed it desolved into a haven for drug-related crime, and ended up stigmatizing the population it was intended to help.
Note : PerformerNarrator, Jason Henry.
System Details NotesWidescreen presentation.
System Details NotesDigital video disc.
System Details NotesSystem requirements:
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.