Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
(2024, original release: 2016)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
IFC Films, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
14820183
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

A timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably no one did more to shape understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. Director Matt Tyranuer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) vividly brings to life Jacobs’ 1960s showdown with ruthless construction kingpin Robert Moses over his plan to raze lower Manhattan to make way for a highway, a dramatic struggle over the very soul of the neighborhood

Film

In Process Record

Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio

Originally produced by IFC Films in 2016

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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