The Pruitt-Igoe myth
Chad Freidrichs (Director, Screenwriter), Brian Woodman (Producer), Jaime Freidrichs (Screenwriter), Jason Henry (Narrator), Benjamin Balcom (Composer), Steve Carver (Director), Unicorn Stencil (Firm), First Run Features (Firm), Missouri History Museum
Traces the creation and demise of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in Saint Louis, Missouri. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as a marvel of modernist architecture and a milestone in public assistance and urban redevelopment, but in the years that followed it devolved into a haven for drug-related crime, and ended up stigmatizing the population it was intended to help
DVD Video, English, [2012?], ©2011
Widescreen
First Run Features, [New York], [2012?], ©2011