A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.
Casts Norman Foster, Jan Gehl, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Amanda M. Burden, Joshua David, Oscar Niemeyer, Sicelo Nkohla, Rem Koolhaas, Alejandro Aravena, Stefan Mappus
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Chun
Polvere in Sala
The World of Buckminster Fuller
Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
Stations of the Elevated
Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)
Cartier The little red box
Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Nighthouse
Le Corbusier
The Sound of Seeing
Teague: Design & Beauty
Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur
Ghetto Fights 3
Belgium - 20
Chicago at the Crossroad
Furias
On Three Rivers
Street Dogs of South Central
Unraveled: The Kaitlyn Howard Story
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Chun
IMDB 10 | Jan , 2020
A short documentary about Chun, who lives in Vienna.Polvere in Sala
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2023
The World of Buckminster Fuller
IMDB 7 | Jun , 1974
Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades he developed pioneering solutions reflecting his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improve human lives. He spent much of his life traveling the world lecturing and discussing his ideas with thousands of audiences. Now more relevant than ever, this film captures Fuller's ideas and thinking told in his own words.Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
IMDB 7.6 | Apr , 2011
Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits" tells the story of Istanbul and other Mega-Cities on a neo-liberal course to destruction. It follows the story of a migrant family from the demolition of their neighborhood to their on-going struggle for housing rights. The film takes a look at the city on a macro level and through the eyes of experts, going from the tops of mushrooming skyscrapers to the depths of the railway tunnel under the Bosphorous strait; from the historic neighborhoods in the south to the forests in the north; from isolated islands of poverty to the villas of the rich. It's an Istanbul going from 15 million to 30 million. It's an Istanbul going from 2 million cars to 8 million. It's the Istanbul of the future that will soon engulf the entire region. It's an Istanbul nobody has ever seen before.Stations of the Elevated
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1981
Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A moving portrait of late-70's NYC, the film boasts a soundtrack by jazz legends Charles Mingus & Aretha Franklin.Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)
IMDB 8 | May , 2023
Documentary on the French graphic and visual artist and designer, editor, artistic director, and teacher who is known for his widely-used fonts.Cartier The little red box
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2017
For 160 years, the Maison Cartier has inspired awe, desire and covetousness in men and women before its jewellery box, the most recognizable in the world. To paraphrase Jean Cocteau: "Cartier is still a subtle magician "whose able to hang the moon at the tip of a string of sun"".Twenty-Four Dollar Island
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1927
A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.Nighthouse
IMDB 10 | Aug , 2016
Shot in Havana and processed at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm, Marcel Beltrán Fernández's Casa de la noche explores those same histories from the point of view of an insider, as a lived experience that is evocatively mirrored through ripped and torn celluloid.Le Corbusier
IMDB 10 | Jul , 1967
Making a documentary on Le Corbusier is not easy, because he is undoubtedly the architect most familiar to the general public but also the most unknown. If most people know his great achievements, such as the Cité radieuse of Marseille, the pavilions of the Cité universitaire de Paris or the Tourettes convent, many are unaware of his works in Moscow, Rio de Janeiro or Chandigarh. Roy Oppenheim pays a vibrant tribute to Corbusier, dismissing the criticisms and darker facets of the character. It presents the career of this pioneering architect, as well as his thinking, the essential principle of which was aimed at the development of human beings and the balance of society. Light, space and greenery are integrated into his large futuristic cities, because according to him the eyes of the inhabitants should be drawn into the distance and not into their neighbor's bathroom.The Sound of Seeing
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1963
Made on a wind-up Bolex camera, The Sound of Seeing announced the arrival of 21-year-old filmmaker Tony Williams. Based around a painter and a composer wandering the city (and beyond), the film meshes music and imagery to show the duo taking inspiration from their surroundings.Teague: Design & Beauty
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2014
A documentary on the life and work of the American designer, Walter Dorwin Teague. It's the story of a poor young farm boy who travels to New York City to become an artist, but ends up creating the new profession of industrial design that helps shape modern AmericaLe Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur
IMDB 10 | Dec , 1957
Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect supports his in-depth reflection on the city and its necessary adaptation to modern life with plans, drawings and images, particularly Paris, whose revolutionary development dreamed of by Le Corbusier is exhibited here. Its first projects will remain at the stage of a model: the modernization plan for the city of Algiers. Some will be created by other architects: Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro, UN Palace in New York. From the post-war period in less than 10 years, Le Corbusier created large housing units in Marseille, Nantes, a chapel in Ronchamps, a factory in Saint-Dié, a town in Chandigarh in India. Through diagrams, the architect presents his theory of the "radiant city", the mathematical key modulor of his work as well as his project for reorganizing the countryside, industrial and urban cities into a grouping around a cooperative system.Ghetto Fights 3
IMDB 5 | Oct , 2006
Ghetto Fights 3 was released Oct 10, 2006 by the Navarre Corporation and presents a brutal glimpse of America's urban underbelly with a third collection of real-life street-fight footage taken straight from the nation's toughest inner-city 'hoods. Set to a blazing hip-hop soundtrack, this hard-hitting and totally authentic documentary captures all the nonstop action as thugged-out gangstas engage in violent and often shocking bare-knuckle beatings. This DVD takes viewers to ground zero in urban America. Witness the day-to-day struggles of average individuals and the solutions they fire off.Belgium - 20
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2021
What happens when a world that relies on traffic and the logistics that allow it comes to a standstill? What happens when sickness and even death are taken from us?Chicago at the Crossroad
IMDB 4 | Jun , 2019
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known about the systems that created the problem, the laws that isolated it, and the policies that abandoned it? Using dramatic footage, including interviews with residents on the front lines over the last 15 years, this documentary opens a rare historical window into the systematic creation of poverty stricken communities plagued by gun violence.Furias
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
On Three Rivers
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1954
A historical overview of Sisak, the city on three rivers, from the Roman era to the post-WWII industrialization.Street Dogs of South Central
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2013
Narrated by Queen Latifah, this documentary follows Elsie, a black Labrador mix, and her struggled to raise her puppies on the streets of Los Angeles.Unraveled: The Kaitlyn Howard Story
IMDB 10 | Apr , 2025
A deep dive into the creative mind of University of South Carolina student fashion designer, Kaitlyn Howard.