The Downtown Project

Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get...

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In...

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

Genuine connections between children and nature can revolutionize our future. But is this discovery still possible in the world's major urban...

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

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

A merger of megastar music. Discover the story of multi-genre performer and fashion promoter, Beyonce Knowles sand the world's first hip hop...

In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years – until they are...

Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst...

A sophisticated and beautifully constructed account of landscape change in and around Paris in the early 1960s. The film raises complex issues about...

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

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...