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Nov 14, 2023WritingInStone rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Interesting documentary. Becomes very obvious that the government began socially engineering the fathers out of black families at least 100 years ago by creating public housing with rules designed to destroy the nuclear family. And then…
Dec 21, 2018IndyPL_KevinS rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is one of the best documentary films that I have ever watched, although I do not agree entirely with the film's assertion about the "Pruitt-Igoe myth."
Nov 14, 2015HellbillyHillhound rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Michael Middleton: "I don’t blame white people who don’t understand. I blame our ugly history, and I think it’s important we learn that history and understand it, so that we can get beyond that history and build the institution and the…
Aug 01, 2015akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 2011 documentary about the "Pruitt–Igoe" public housing project. The living conditions of this large urban housing began to decline soon after its completion in 1956. By the late 1960s, the complex had become internationally…
Mar 18, 2015Samsung rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This documentary left me with many great questions. There seems to have been a convergence of many problems with the complexes. The interviews teach us that at least some residents always liked Pruitt and Igoe, and that outsiders don't…
Aug 27, 2014cemakela rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was probably the most important documentary of our time. Globalization is turning our entire planet into a Pruitt-Igoe, and few are doing anything about it. This film should be required viewing for every child, educator,…
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Nov 10, 2012aaa5756 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This movie was entertaining and interesting but not one of my favorite for this year. “Not too bad---good performance”. "I fast forwarded a lot but not all the way.”