"Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, directed by the gifted journalist and documentarian Matt Tyrnauer, tells the story of a David-and-Goliath fight over urban planning that took place more than 50 years ago. Yet the movie just about pulses with contemporary resonance. It has moments of uncanny overlap with this week’s election, and it explores the scope and meaning of that overly familiar thing — the city — in ways that will box open your thinking. It’s a finely woven tapestry that feels as relevant and alive as the place you live. It’s also got great sparks of conflict. The movie, which kicked off the seventh DOC NYC film festival last night, features two nearly mythological antagonists. In one corner is Robert Moses, the scabrous New York power broker and construction czar who, in the years after World War II, transformed the city by gutting its poorer sections and erecting miles of concrete-slab housing projects and snaking superhighways. In the other corner is Jane Jacobs, activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), who led an uprising against Moses’ dehumanized dream of a paved-over utopia. ..."
Variety
Vanity Fair: The Woman Who Saved New York City from Superhighway Hell
NPR: City Planning As A Contact Sport In 'Citizen Jane: Battle For The City' (Audio)
Altimeter (Video)
amazon
YouTube: Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Official Trailer
2018 April: The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), 2019 May: Jane Jacobs Walk
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