The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
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Product Description
It began as a housing marvel. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as the model public housing project of the future, "the poor man's penthouse."
Two decades later, it ended in rubble - its razing an iconic event that the architectural theorist Charles Jencks famously called "the death of modernism." The footage and images of its implosion have helped to perpetuate a myth of failure, a failure that has been used to critique Modernist architecture, attack public assistance programs, and stigmatize public housing residents.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth seeks to set the historical record straight. To examine the interests involved in Pruitt-Igoe's creation. To re-evaluate the rumors and the stigma. To implode the myth.
Special Features:
Bonus Film: "More Than One Thing" (Dir. Steve Carver; 30 min; 1969) Director's Commentary by Chad Freidrichs
Additional Interviews
Pruitt-Igoe Site Tour
Review
[four stars] Revisits one of our nation's darkest hours and emerges with a scrupulous, revelatory consideration...a heartbreaking alarm call for a society that desperately needs to learn from its worst mistakes. --Time Out New York
Superb! An uncommonly artful example of cinematic journalism. --Variety
Devastating...an engulfing real-life horror story. Stings with an electric poignancy. --The New Yorker
ASIN: B0077QPPDC
VSKU: DBV.B0077QPPDC.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Sylvester Brown|Brian King|Robert Fishman|Joyce Ladner|Ruby Russell|Valerie Sills|Jacquelyn Williams|Joseph Heathcott|Chad Freidrichs
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!
ASIN: B0077QPPDC
VSKU: DBV.B0077QPPDC.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Sylvester Brown|Brian King|Robert Fishman|Joyce Ladner|Ruby Russell|Valerie Sills|Jacquelyn Williams|Joseph Heathcott|Chad Freidrichs
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!
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