Public Housing Movies
- 2017
Unarmed Verses
Unarmed Verses102017HD
Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.
- 1953
Farewell Oak Street
Farewell Oak Street01953HD
This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they...
- 1997
Public Housing
Public Housing71997HD
Public Housing is Wiseman’s unflinching portrayal of life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago, a raw exposition of the daily...
- 2012
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth6.62012HD
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst...
- 1984
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster6.21984HD
David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.
- 2013
Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito
Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito102013HD
- 1975
House Orders
House Orders01975HD
In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building...
- 2011
The Downtown Project
The Downtown Project02011HD
Just a stone’s throw from downtown Montreal is the largest social housing complex in Quebec. Built in 1959 where the red-light district used to...
- 1970
Ghar Mein Shehar Hona
Ghar Mein Shehar Hona01970HD
via print and film, love and music, state propaganda and people's archives, five-year plans and Emergency.
- 1975
The Walls Come Tumbling Down
The Walls Come Tumbling Down01975HD
A 1975 documentary short about a strike being conducted by public-housing residents in St. Louis.
- 2020
West Estate
West Estate02020HD
West Estate spotlights the severe housing problems in Hong Kong, taking the spirit of resistance outside of the protest. The damaged walls in the...
- 2022
Hometopia
Hometopia02022HD
Hometopia is a short animation reflecting upon the ubiquitous but wildly despised British council housing. The animation takes on the tone of a...