The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth is a 2011 documentary film that examines the rise and fall of the Pruitt–Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis to challenge prevailing narratives about its failure and the broader history of American urban policy.

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instanceOf documentary film
film
aimsTo challenge myths about Pruitt–Igoe
reexamine American urban history
basedOn historical events at Pruitt–Igoe housing project
cinematography Chad Freidrichs NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Pruitt–Igoe housing project NERFINISHED
demolition of Pruitt–Igoe
director Chad Freidrichs NERFINISHED
distributor First Run Features NERFINISHED
editingBy Chad Freidrichs NERFINISHED
examines deindustrialization of American cities
federal housing policy in the United States
racial segregation in housing
suburbanization in the United States
urban renewal policies
white flight
features archival footage
interviews with former Pruitt–Igoe residents
focusesOn causes of public housing failure
rise and fall of Pruitt–Igoe
genre documentary
historical documentary
hasOfficialWebsite http://www.pruitt-igoe.com
hasSubject architecture of public housing
modernist urban planning
hasTitle The Pruitt-Igoe Myth NERFINISHED
mainSubject Pruitt–Igoe housing project NERFINISHED
St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED
public housing in the United States
urban policy in the United States
musicBy Jonny Wallis NERFINISHED
notableFor revising the narrative of Pruitt–Igoe as a simple failure of modernist architecture
originalLanguage English
portrays social and economic context of Pruitt–Igoe
producer Brian Woodman NERFINISHED
Chad Freidrichs NERFINISHED
Jaime Freidrichs NERFINISHED
Paul Fehler NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2011
releaseYear 2011
runtimeMinutes 83
screenedAt documentary film festivals
settingLocation St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED
writer Brian Woodman NERFINISHED
Chad Freidrichs NERFINISHED
Jaime Freidrichs NERFINISHED
Paul Fehler NERFINISHED

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Pruitt–Igoe housing project depictedIn The Pruitt-Igoe Myth