Public Housing Movies

  • 2017
    Unarmed Verses

    Unarmed Verses

    Unarmed Verses

    102017HD

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

    Unarmed Verses
  • 1984
    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    6.21984HD

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

    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
  • 2012
    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    6.62012HD

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

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
  • 2013
    Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito

    Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito

    Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito

    102013HD

    Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito
  • 1953
    Farewell Oak Street

    Farewell Oak Street

    Farewell Oak Street

    01953HD

    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 wer...

    Farewell Oak Street
  • 1997
    Public Housing

    Public Housing

    Public Housing

    71997HD

    Public Housing is Wiseman’s unflinching portrayal of life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago, a raw exposition of the daily conflicts betw...

    Public Housing
  • 2024
    Ghar Mein Shehar Hona

    Ghar Mein Shehar Hona

    Ghar Mein Shehar Hona

    02024HD

    via print and film, love and music, state propaganda and people's archives, five-year plans and Emergency.

    Ghar Mein Shehar Hona
  • 1975
    House Orders

    House Orders

    House Orders

    01975HD

    In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building sup...

    House Orders
  • 2011
    The Downtown Project

    The Downtown Project

    The Downtown Project

    02011HD

    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 be, Le...

    The Downtown Project
  • 2020
    West Estate

    West Estate

    West Estate

    02020HD

    West Estate spotlights the severe housing problems in Hong Kong, taking the spirit of resistance outside of the protest. The damaged walls in the cage...

    West Estate
  • 1975
    The Walls Come Tumbling Down

    The Walls Come Tumbling Down

    The Walls Come Tumbling Down

    01975HD

    A 1975 documentary short about a strike being conducted by public-housing residents in St. Louis.

    The Walls Come Tumbling Down
  • 2022
    Hometopia

    Hometopia

    Hometopia

    02022HD

    Hometopia is a short animation reflecting upon the ubiquitous but wildly despised British council housing. The animation takes on the tone of a child'...

    Hometopia