City Center and Pedestrians

Megalópolis

Exploration of the territory in a delirious time-space journey through the largest Megalopolis in America.

2021

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the

2017

Alternate Spaces

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

2022

A Short History of the Highrise

“A Short History of the Highrise” is an interactive documentary that explores the 2,500-year global history of vertical living and issues of social eq

2013

World In A City

World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to flou

2016

Montréal: The Neighborhood Revived

This full-length documentary from the Challenge for Change program addresses housing issues affecting Montreal in the mid-1970s. As the city is restor

1974

A Capital Plan

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction. S

1949

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

2016

Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square

In 1959 New York City announced a "slum clearance plan" by Robert Moses that would displace 2,400 working class and immigrant families, and dozens of

2022

The heart of Caracas

Caracas has been changing since the nineteenth century this is a story that tries to explain why the Venezuelan capital is complex, chaotic and fertil

2013

Snow Fighters

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

1957

Amancio Williams

A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.

2013

Chairs for Lovers

Architect Stanley King involves the local Vancouver community in urban design.

1973

Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 1: The City - Heaven and Hell

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

1963

Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

The city of Saskatoon makes strategic decisions which prevent speculation and keep land prices down.

1974

Real Estate

Exploring the impact of the now defunct Steinberg supermarkets on the urban environment.

1973

Some People Have to Suffer

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20

1976

Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

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

1975

Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

1967

Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée

In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements

2017