Urbanism Movies

  • 1974
    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

    01974HD

    In the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an effective government policy of controlling land investment prevents speculation, keeps land prices down,...

    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control
  • 1974
    The Coldspring Project

    The Coldspring Project

    The Coldspring Project

    01974HD

    The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and...

    The Coldspring Project
  • 1975
    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made

    01975HD

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

    Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made
  • 2018
    The Forest

    The Forest

    The Forest

    6.32018HD

    A group of people in a dystopian future is led through the last forest in existence. Plants? What were they again?

    The Forest
  • 1973
    Chairs for Lovers

    Chairs for Lovers

    Chairs for Lovers

    01973HD

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

    Chairs for Lovers
  • 2025
    Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée

    Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée

    Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée

    02025HD

    Under Dorchester Square in Montreal lies the cemetery where 55,000 people were buried in the 19th century. The square is still at the heart of social...

    Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée
  • 2011
    Brasília

    Brasília

    Brasília

    02011HD

    Brasília
  • 2018
    Operation: Jane Walk

    Operation: Jane Walk

    Operation: Jane Walk

    42018HD

    The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever...

    Operation: Jane Walk
  • 2016
    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

    02016HD

    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
  • 2016
    World In A City

    World In A City

    World In A City

    02016HD

    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...

    World In A City
  • 1974
    Sapporo - Planned Growth

    Sapporo - Planned Growth

    Sapporo - Planned Growth

    01974HD

    This feature documentary zooms in on the city of Sapporo, on the Island of Hokkaïdo in southern Japan. In contrast to the unplanned sprawl of...

    Sapporo - Planned Growth
  • 1986
    Mobility

    Mobility

    Mobility

    01986HD

    This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...

    Mobility
  • 2013
    A Short History of the Highrise

    A Short History of the Highrise

    A Short History of the Highrise

    02013HD

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

    A Short History of the Highrise
  • 1967
    Québec...?

    Québec...?

    Québec...?

    01967HD

    This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective...

    Québec...?
  • 1963
    Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 1: The City - Heaven and Hell

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

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

    01963HD

    American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

    Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 1: The City - Heaven and Hell
  • 1974
    Montréal: The Neighborhood Revived

    Montréal: The Neighborhood Revived

    Montréal: The Neighborhood Revived

    01974HD

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

    Montréal: The Neighborhood Revived
  • 1962
    Urbanisme africain

    Urbanisme africain

    Urbanisme africain

    01962HD

    Directed by Jean Rouch.

    Urbanisme africain
  • 1976
    Some People Have to Suffer

    Some People Have to Suffer

    Some People Have to Suffer

    01976HD

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

    Some People Have to Suffer
  • 2003
    Grand Littoral

    Grand Littoral

    Grand Littoral

    02003HD

    Valérie Jouve is a weel-known photographer, and Grand Littoral is her first film. Out the outskirts of Marseille, in a landscape criss-crossed...

    Grand Littoral
  • 2022
    Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square

    Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square

    Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square

    102022HD

    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...

    Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square