The Pruitt-Igoe myth [videorecording] / a film by Chad Freidrichs ; First Run Features presents a Unicorn Stencil production in association with the Missouri History Museum ; directed by Chad Freidrichs ; produced by Briam Woodman...[et al.]; script by Chad and Jaime Freidrichs.

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.

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