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Urban Development

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Shipwrecked America
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Shipwrecked America
A portrait of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, revealing how displacement and destruction were used as an opportunity for neoliberal initiatives, drastically intensifying the city’s economic, social and racial inequalities.
Director: Alexandra Kandy Longuet
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 52 min.
Year of production: 2016
American History Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Economy Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Poverty Society
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Cathedrals of Culture
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Cathedrals of Culture
"If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" This 3D film project about the soul of buildings allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves.
Director: Wim Wenders | Michael Glawogger | Michael Madsen | Robert Redford | Margreth Olin | Karim Ainouz
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 6 x 26 min.
Year of production: 2014
Arts and Culture Creative Society Urbanism
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Coast Modern
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Coast Modern
Traveling along the Pacific North West coastline from LA to Vancouver, the film showcases the pioneers of West Coast Modernist Architecture, and the homes that have become their legacies.
Director: Mike Bernard | Gavin Froome
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 55 min.
Year of production: 2012
Arts and Culture Creative Design Society
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Aalto: Architect of Emotions
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Aalto: Architect of Emotions
A love story of Alvar and Aino Aalto, Finnish masters of modern architecture and design, an enchanting journey to their creations and influence around the world.
Director: Virpi Suutari
Language: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Swedish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 / 52 min.
Year of production: 2020
Architecture Arts and Culture Biography Design European History
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DHARAVI Slum for sale
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DHARAVI Slum for sale
Dharavi, India's biggest slum is to be demolish and its profitable real estate turned into billions of Dollars. The film follows the struggle of the underprivileged to defend their homes and livelihoods against mounting globalization.
Director: Rob Appleby, Lutz Konermann
Language: Hindi (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 52/79 min.
Year of production: 2010
Asian Studies Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Economy Immigration and Migration Investigative Journalism Poverty Urbanism
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Fallen City
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Fallen City
As the survivors emerge from China’s worst natural disaster in decades, they speak for today’s Chinese generation thrust into the nation’s relentless pursuit of progress.
Director: Zhao Qi
Language: Chinese (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 90/63 min.
Year of production: 2012
Asian Studies Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Human Rights Politics Urbanism
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My Barefoot Friend
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My Barefoot Friend
Shallim is a rickshaw puller, an ordinary man with an old and tired rickshaw. He runs endless miles with it each day to allow him to support his family.
Director: Seong-Gyou Lee
Language: Hindi (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82/52 min.
Year of production: 2010
Asian Studies Family Health Personal Story Poverty Urbanism
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Land Grabbing
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Land Grabbing
Mark Twain once said, "Buy land, they're not making it anymore." With the world’s farmland is at risk, this aphorism has become a matter of urgency
Director: Kurt Langbein
Language: English, German, Romanian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 91 min.
Year of production: 2015
Activism Colonialism Ecology, Environment European History Food Globalization Human Rights Politics Poverty Society
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I Love Venice
I Love Venice
I LOVE VENICE tells the story of the people still living in the most beautiful city in the world, amidst the 30 million tourists who visit each year. What is it like to live in a city that is not yours anymore?
Director: Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 71 min.
Year of production: 2013
Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Society Urbanism
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Little People Big Dreams
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Little People Big Dreams
Behind the curtains of the most unlikely kingdom on earth. This is China's Dwarves Empires, where little people stand tall. Or do they?
Director: Mak Ck
Language: Chinese (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 89 min.
Year of production: 2014
Asian Studies Disability Health Human Rights Society
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Soviet Bus Stops
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Soviet Bus Stops
Architecture, like everything else during the Soviet period, was under strict centralized supervision. While art and grand monuments were expected to advance the state narrative of communism as paradise on earth, sometimes the benign bus stops were overlooked
Director: Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Language: English, Estonian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 68 min.
Year of production: 2022
Architecture Arts and Culture Author's POV Cold War Creative Design European History History Photography
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