Lewis Mumford on The City
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Play S1 E1Six-part series tracing the origins of the city, its transformations and prospects, based on Lewis Mumford's book The City in History. Aired by CBC in their Explorations strand.
Cast: Lewis Mumford, Budd Knapp
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Miniseries
6 episodes
1. The City: Heaven and HellOutlines the opposed natures — creative and destructive — of the city throughout history, focusing on the elements that created the first cities about 5000 years ago and the forces that now threaten our "most precious collective invention."CC29minMay 22, 1963
2. The City: Cars or People?A study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to make it congested and uninhabitable.CC29minMay 29, 1963
3. The City and Its RegionExplores the tension and mutual dependence of urban and rural areas. How can sprawling metropolitan regions maintain or restore the balance?CC28minJun 5, 1963
4. The Heart of the CityA study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and human scale that once made cities physically attractive and humanly creative.CC29minJun 12, 1963
5. The City as Man's HomeContrasts the squalor of the working poor with the relative safety and security of the wealthy, asking what can be done to address "the spirit of social hopelessness" that thrives in the overcrowded slums where cities' poorest residents live.CC28minJun 19, 1963
6. The City and the FutureAn outline of the prospects for the city and some suggestions to restore its role as the focus of man's highest achievements.CC29minJun 26, 1963
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Lewis Mumford on The City
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Six-part series tracing the origins of the city, its transformations and prospects, based on Lewis Mumford's book The City in History. Aired by CBC in their Explorations strand.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Ian MacNeill, Guy Glover
- Cast
- Lewis Mumford, Budd Knapp
- Studio
- ONF | NFB
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Audio languages
English
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