Keyword: public housing

The PJs

6.8

1999

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The lives of occupants of an inner-city housing project.

Show Me a Hero

7.9

2015

TV

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Nick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

6.6

2011

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Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the projects residents. In the post-War years, the American city changed in ways that made it unrecognizable from a generation earlier, privileging some and leaving others in its wake. The next time the city changes, remember Pruitt-Igoe.

Chicago at the Crossroad

5.9

2019

Movie

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Where did Chicago go wrong? Chicago at the Crossroad tells the story of a city caught in the aftermath of a policy of mass displacement shaded by a long history of segregation.

Unarmed Verses

7.2

2017

Movie

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Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.