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The City

1939 · 0h 44m · Documentary · United States of America

A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.

Directed by
Willard Van Dyke, Ralph Steiner
Written by
Lewis Mumford, Pare Lorentz, Henwar Rodakiewicz
Starring
Morris Carnovsky
6.0Smart score

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social commentaryurban planning

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