The Urban Studies Collection
By 2050, 7 out of every 10 people will live in a city â some 6.4 billion people according to the World Health Organization. THE URBAN STUDIES COLLECTION assembles over 40 essential films that explore the challenges facing cities around the world, and the creative solutions being developed to address those challenges. Filmmakers from around the world look at cities on every continent, providing a truly global perspective on urban life. THE URBAN STUDIES COLLECTION explores the key issues facing city-dwellers, including living space, livability, sustainability, crime, gentrification, politics, finance, sprawl, and the urban ecosystem.
The Urban Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:
The Human ScaleAcclaimed architect Jan Gehl and his team are on a humanistic mission to reclaim public space in mega cities for pedestrians (and cyclists) rather than cars.
The New Metropolis - The New NeighborsThe inspiring story of two ordinary people who have successfully made racial integration the centerpiece of revitalizing Pennsauken, NJ.
The Suzuki Diaries: Future CityDavid and Sarika Suzuki explore urban innovations leading toward sustainability.
Tighten Your Belts, Bite the BulletThe 1970s fiscal crises in New York and Cleveland.
Tokyo WakaA poem about a city, its people, and 20,000 crows.
Trick BagGang members, Vietnam vets, and young factory workers talk about their personal experience with racism - who gets hurt and who profits.
Truck FarmBlending seriousness and whimsy, filmmaker Ian Cheney explores the promise and perils of urban farming.
Viva la CausaA colorful record of the making of a mural in Chicago's Pilsen community by Ray Patlán, and the roots of the mural movement of the mid-1970's in Mexico.
We Are Not GhostsDetroiters are reinventing the old Motor City as a vibrant new self-sustaining and human-scaled city for a post industrial world.
Winnie Wright, Age 11The story of Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, as a Chicago neighborhood changes from white to black.
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