Friday, March 08, 2019

Mar 7th  
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City**  
(US 2016)

Documentary about the remarkable writer and activist Jane Jacobs who campaigned against the brutalism of modern urban planning in post-WWII US cities, in particular against the well-meaning but morally flawed Robert Moses.
A little short on biographical details about its two main figures, and in between the usual expert interviews, the film evolves into a series of images of giant tower blocks for a good deal of the time, with one striking montage of these monoliths being dynamited years later, and consistently interesting as a subject.

Director: Matt Tyrnauer.
featuring voices of Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio.
Photography: Chris Dapkins, Nick Morris, Nick Higgins.
Music: Jane Antonia Cornish.
Editing: Daniel Morfesis.



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