The Pruitt-Igoe myth

DVD - 2011

Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as the model public housing project of the future, 'the poor man's penthouse.' Two 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.

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Subjects
Genres
Documentary films
Published
[United States] : First Run Features 2011
Language
English
Other Authors
Chad Freidrichs (-), Brian Woodman, Jaime Freidrichs
Item Description
"Special Features. Bonus Film: 'More Than One Thing (Dir. Steve Carver; 30 min; 1969). DIrector's Commentary by Chad Freidrichs. Additional Interviews. Pruitt-Igoe Site Tour." ---from container.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; NTSC.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Official Selection, Full Frame Film Festival ; Official Selection, True/False Film Festival ; Official Selection, Los Angeles Film Festival ; Official Selection, Silverdocs Documentary Festival.
Production Credits
Composer, Benjamin Balcom.