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Urban Housing and a Just Society

Streaming Film and Video

70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green. Directed by Ronit Bezalel. New Day Films, 2015. Kanopy. (58:00 min.)O

Brick By Brick (A Civil Rights Story). Directed by Bill Kavanagh, S. Froechtenigt. California Newsreel, 2008. Kanopy. (54:00 min.)

The City.  Pyramid Films; American Institute of Planners Through Civic Films, Inc. 1939. Directed and Photographed by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Commentary by Lewis Mumford. Music by Aaron Copland.  (31:39 min.)

City of the Future: Milton Keynes 50 Years On. DCD Rights Limited Producer, 2017. Films On Demand. (57:57 min.)

The Color of Law (Lecture). Richard Rothstein. Talks at Google.  (71:06 min.)

The Corbusier LC16 Desk: Design—Milestones of 20th Century Industrial Design (Compressed Spaces and Social Housing segment). ARTE France Producer, 2011. Films On Demand (2:24 min.)

Creating Community: Lafayette Park. Lost and Found Productions, 2008. Kanopy. (34:00 min.)

Democratic by Design: Episode 3—Art of Scandinavia: Swedish Social Housing Revolution segment. BBC Worldwide Learning Producer, 2016. Films On Demand (2:17 min.)

The Frankfurt Kitchen: Design—Milestones of 20th Century Industrial Design: New Frankfurt Social Housing segment). ARTE France Producer, 2011. Films On Demand (1:22 min.)

Homes and Hands (Community Land Trusts in Action). Directed by Debra Chasnoff, Helen Cohen. New Day Films, 1998. Kanopy. (40:00 min.)

A House Divided: Inequality in Housing in New York City. Divided Films, 2016. Kanopy (45:00 min.)

Nemausus I: Architectures: Achievements in Modern Architecture. ARTE France Producer, 1997. Films On Demand (25:43 min.)

Owned: A Tale of Two Americas: The Dark History Behind the US Housing Economy. Giorgio Angelini, Gravitas Ventures, 2019. Kanopy. (83:00 min.)

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth. Directed by Chad Freidrichs. Unicorn Stencil, 2011. Kanopy. (84:00 min.)

Public Housing Influenced by a 1970s Experiment. PBS Producer. 2019. Films On Demand. (13:00 min.)

A Public Housing Project Where Healthy Living Is the Foundation. PBS Producer, 2017. Films On Demand. (6:08 min.)

Segregated by Design. Directed by Mark Lopez.  Written and narrated by Richard Rothstein. 2019  (17:42 min.)

Where Does the American Dream Live? PBS Producer, 2016. Films On Demand. (14:41 min.)