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Citizen Jane : battle for the city
Title:
Citizen Jane : battle for the city
Author:
Tyranuer, Matt, film director.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Sundance Selects, [2017]

©2017
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
It is a timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably, no one did more to shape our understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects.
General Note:
Documentary.

Program content: ©2016.

Includes trailer.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Not rated by the MPAA.
Personal Subject:
Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006. (OCoLC)fst00052833
Subject Term:
Community activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Urban renewal -- Moral and ethical aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.

City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

City planning -- Moral and ethical aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.

Real estate development -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Real estate development -- Moral and ethical aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.

Urban renewal

Human rights workers.

City planning. (OCoLC)fst00862177

Human rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00963353
Geographic Term:
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre:
Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
Added Author:
Tyranuer, Matt,

Hammond, Robert (Producer),

Reeser, Corey,

Van Garrse, Jessica,

Carchman, Jenny,

Tomei, Marisa,

D'Onofrio, Vincent,

Mehta, Geeta K.,

West, Geoffrey B.,

Kunstler, James Howard,

Page, Max,

Goldberger, Paul,

Garvin, Alexander,

Koch, Ed, 1924-2013,

Cornish, Jane Antonia, 1975-
Added Corporate Author:
Rockefeller Foundation

JustFilms (Firm),

Huntsman Films,

Sundance Selects (Firm),
UPC:
030306948997
Format :
DVD

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