The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
2012•1h 19m•6.7•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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. In the post-War years, the American city changed in ways that made it unrecognizable from a generation earlier, privileging some and leaving others in its wake. The next time the city changes, remember Pruitt-Igoe.
Director
Chad Freidrichs
Writer
Chad Freidrichs, Jaime Freidrichs
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English
Recommended
7.1
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
7.3
The Soviet Story
2008
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
7.1
Objectified
2009
7.1
Audrey
2020
6.9
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
6.9
An Inconvenient Truth
2006
7.4
McQueen
2018
7.4
49 Up
2006
6.6
The Age of Stupid
2009
7.2
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.3
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019
7.2
Cover-Up
2025
6.4
Fuck
2006
6.6
Harmontown
2014
7
Directed by John Ford
1971
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
7.2
Black Sheep
2018
7.4
Frank and Ollie
1995
Similar Movies
Leaning Out - An Intimate Look at Twin Towers Engineer Leslie E Robertson
2018
Under Tomorrow's Sky
2021
Electronic Poem
1958
Italomodern – Design
2025
Mysterium Gotik - Als die Kathedralen in den Himmel wuchsen
2021
5
Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterwork, with Reflections by Edward Kaufmann jr.
2011
7
Food Design
2009
Grandma and Le Corbusier
0
Het Schip
0
4
Camadas das Águas Invisíveis
2021
The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine
2024
5.8
Architecton
2024
The Whisper of Ziggurat: Untold Secrets of Elamite Civilization
2020
10
Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur
1957
Teague: Design & Beauty
2014
The Cabanon by Le Corbusier
2010
O Que Vai Acontecer Aqui?
2019
Battleship Berlin
2021
Película de la Rambla Sur
0
Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson
1906