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BAMcinématek Presents: The Pruitt Igoe Myth

Brandi Tape, Neighbor

Part of BAMcinématek 
Mon, Jun 11 at 6:50pm
Followed by a panel with Chad Friedrichs and housing and urban development experts

Directed by Chad Friedrichs

(2011) 79min

Exploring the social, economic, and legislative is­sues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they were built, this powerful documentary also traces the personal narratives of several of the residents of the notorious Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis. 

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