{"product_id":"the-pruitt-igoe-myth","title":"The Pruitt-Igoe Myth","description":"Product Description\n\nIt 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.\"\nTwo 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.\nThe 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.\nSpecial Features:\nBonus Film: \"More Than One Thing\" (Dir. Steve Carver; 30 min; 1969) Director's Commentary by Chad Freidrichs\nAdditional Interviews\nPruitt-Igoe Site Tour\n\nReview\n\n[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\n\nSuperb! An uncommonly artful example of cinematic journalism. --Variety\n\nDevastating...an engulfing real-life horror story. Stings with an electric poignancy. --The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0077QPPDC\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0077QPPDC.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Sylvester Brown|Brian King|Robert Fishman|Joyce Ladner|Ruby Russell|Valerie Sills|Jacquelyn Williams|Joseph Heathcott|Chad Freidrichs\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41924191420474,"sku":"DBV.B0077QPPDC.A","price":41.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0077QPPDC-0.jpg?v=1794538651","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-pruitt-igoe-myth","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}