The City

The City
1939
★★★☆☆ 5.8/10
⏱️ 44 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Documentary
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.

Crew

Director
Willard Van Dyke, Ralph Steiner
Writer
Pare Lorentz, Henwar Rodakiewicz, Lewis Mumford

Production

American Documentary Films Inc., American Institute of Planners, Civic Films Inc.

Keywords

social commentaryurban planning