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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

2012
Drama, Documentary
1h 19m
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the project's residents.
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

2012
Drama, Documentary
1h 19m
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Rated 16 Jan 2013
91
91st
This wonderfully complex portrait of a St. Louis housing project offers no easy answers about the failure of the government initiative, alternately implicating the idea, the maintenance, and the criminal element that made the projects their home. While examining the ins and outs of public policy and sociology, the film enters into territory few have entered--it adds real heart and humanity to the discussion, reminding us that public policy is always ultimately about people.
Rated 18 Feb 2016
1
3rd
Race-baiting nonsense
Rated 06 Apr 2013
75
72nd
A detailed analysis of an infamous housing complex. The death throes of modernism in the USA this might be, but we saw for many years the potential failure of low-income social housing when its support mechanisms evaporated.
Rated 06 Nov 2016
80
49th
A documentary that gives you straight-forward facts about the housing project, Pruitt-Igoe. It takes what was a hot button issue and personalizes it, telling you about the people who lived in the complex and putting a face on the disaster. Watch this as a companion piece to the 1992 horror film "Candyman".

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