Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

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The battle in how the urban form of New York City in particular was shaped in the mid-twentieth century is presented, the two leading figures on the opposing sides of the battle being Robert Moses, who held many senior positions related to development of urban infrastructure, and Manhattan resident and journalist Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". In this battle, Moses disregarded Jacobs as a "mere housewife" and a nuisance of one at that. A... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Citizen Jane: Battle for the City:

Thomas Campanella
Mindy Fullilove
Alexander Garvin
Paul Goldberger
Steven Johnson
Max Page

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The battle in how the urban form of New York City in particular was shaped in the mid-twentieth century is presented, the two leading figures on the opposing sides of the battle being Robert Moses, who held many senior positions related to development of urban infrastructure, and Manhattan resident and journalist Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". In this battle, Moses disregarded Jacobs as a "mere housewife" and a nuisance of one at that. As was the prevailing trend of the time, Moses was in the camp of demolishing what he saw as not working to build homogeneous neighborhoods in style and function - most buildings several stories high or taller in the need to accommodate a growing population - that were largely supported by urban freeways or expressways to move people from the burgeoning affluent suburbs to jobs in the urban center. Many of the urban housing developments were social housing for those who could not afford to live in the suburbs, and what ended up having the negative terminology of "the projects". Conversely, Jacobs, who lived in the city with her family, felt that what Moses and his ilk saw as chaos was people interacting with each other in a humanistic way, which often took a generation or more to be established and which was much more livable than the sterile environments Moses was creating. Some of the key projects over which they battled are presented. As an epilogue, current urbanization in many developing countries in particular shows that the decision makers of today in these places are following Moses' lead in a much more aggressive way, these developments which have the potential to be tomorrow's abandoned slums.

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Counterpunch.org - 10/10 by Louis ProyectDoes not quite get to the social contradictions of New York that have turned it into a theme park for hedge fund magnates, but it does serve to show how big capital was fought by Jane Jacobs in the early 60s.
Good Times Santa Cruz - 10/10 by Lisa JensenGuess what? You can fight City Hall. Matt Tyrnauer's excellent documentary, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, shows how it's done, a call to arms that could not be more timely in this chaotic political moment.
NOW Toronto - 10/10 by Susan G. ColeThe key to this excellent documentary about writer and activist Jane Jacobs in New York City is the way it visually expresses the ideas in her groundbreaking book The Death And Life Of Great American Cities.
Georgia Straight - 10/10 by Ken EisnerA documentary that should be seen by anyone interested in the future of cities -- especially those as fraught with housing problems as Vancouver -- Citizen Jane is a fascinating call to arms for urban dwellers who don't mind fighting city hall.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 9/10 by Alex BozilovicAs a history of this war of ideas and as an introduction to Jacobs, the film is essential. But it also pivots toward a great challenge: today’s global urbanization.
Globe and Mail - 9/10 by Alex Bozikovic[A] gorgeous, tightly written and entertaining film.
Buffalo News - 9/10 by Mark SommerBattles over the future of New York City are at the center of the richly informative and well-crafted documentary, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City.
Cincinnati CityBeat - 9/10 by tt stern-enziCitizen Jane: Battle for the City is an unlikely redefinition of the story of David versus Goliath.
Under the Radar - 9/10 by Joseph KyleCitizen Jane shows that it is possible to come out victorious-even if said victory is only a Pyrrhic one.
Variety - 9/10 by Owen GleibermanThe movie just about pulses with contemporary resonance.

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