Urban Films: Public Housing
Thursday, January 31, 2013
2:00p?5:00p
MIT, Building 3-133, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This cinema-verite documentary captures daily life at the Ida B. Wells
public housing development in Chicago. The film illustrates some of the
experiences of people living in conditions of extreme poverty, including
the work of the tenants council, street life, the role of police, job
training, drug education, teenage mothers, dysfunctional families,
elderly residents, nursery school, and after school teenage programs.
Directed by Fred Wiseman.
Part of the Urban Planning Film Series: a mostly-weekly series showing
documentary and feature films on topics related to cities, urbanism,
design, community development, ecology, and other planning issues. Free.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact: Ezra Glenn
617-253-2024
eglenn@mit.edu
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