Some People Have to Suffer

This feature documentary takes a look at how the Halifax/Dartmouth community in Nova Scotia was stimulated by a week-long session held by a panel of...

Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastructure throughout the USA.

Valérie Jouve is a weel-known photographer, and Grand Littoral is her first film. Out the outskirts of Marseille, in a landscape criss-crossed...

In 1959 New York City announced a "slum clearance plan" by Robert Moses that would displace 2,400 working class and immigrant families, and dozens of...

Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.

Shows a campaign launched in Halifax in 1967 to probe the core of poverty in that city--low incomes, ill health and inadequate housing affect more...

Legault is an aging man who lived in a rural cabin, now a suburban cabin, as developments have popped up around him.

This film focuses on the approaches that several cities have taken to one problem. Through various examples, it examines the implications and options...

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

This feature documentary zooms in on the city of Sapporo, on the Island of Hokkaïdo in southern Japan. In contrast to the unplanned sprawl of...

In the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an effective government policy of controlling land investment prevents speculation, keeps land prices down,...

Exploring the impact of the now defunct Steinberg supermarkets on the urban environment.