Urbanism Movies

The documentary offers an overview of the district of Cidade Tiradentes and its inhabitants. It starts by the acquisition of land by the public ...

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...

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20...

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

This full-length documentary from the Challenge for Change program addresses housing issues affecting Montreal in the mid-1970s. As the city is...

The city of Saskatoon makes strategic decisions which prevent speculation and keep land prices down.

World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to...

Architect Stanley King involves the local Vancouver community in urban design.

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old...

Caracas has been changing since the nineteenth century this is a story that tries to explain why the Venezuelan capital is complex, chaotic and...

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...

A look at the design of pedestrian oriented city centres.

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