The City
5.9
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
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Ralph Steiner Director · Willard Van Dyke Director Pare Lorentz Writer
United States release May 26, 1939 · Produced in United States · Production American Institute of Planners, Civic Films Inc.
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American Documentary Films Inc.
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American Institute of Planners
Production
Civic Films Inc.
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · May 26, 1939
Limited theatrical · New York World's Fair
United States
June 30, 1973 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York (Museum of Modern Art)
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