The Downtown Project

Author and activist Jane Jacobs talks about the problems and virtues of North American cities.

This documentary is a portrait of Point St. Charles, one of Montreal’s notoriously bleak neighbourhoods. Many of the residents are...

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

Through intimate stories and day-to-day routines we get a naturalistic glimpse into the lives of individuals with disabilities in the bustling urban...

Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish...

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and...

A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.

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

The relationship between the city and a car, through a dialogue where a common reality and "making a city" are disputed and revealed.

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

An urban symphony about all the evils that affect contemporary societies.

David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.