Urban Studies

They fought Robert Moses, the real estate industry and five mayors to create the first Community Land Trust in New York City

From colonization to gentrification, "Not in My Neighbourhood" tells the intergenerational stories of ordinary citizens fighting for their right to the city in Cape Town, New York, and São Paulo.

A veteran mailman provides an intimate glimpse of Detroiters’ resistance to boom and bust capitalism and structural racism.

Half-life of the American Dream

Inner city art and transformation of environment, society, and self

The frontlines of the unprecedented rebuilding process in New Orleans.

Who has a right to live in cities and determine their future?

Three welfare recipients transform their lives through their fight against workfare

Urban Neighborhoods on the Brink of Change - Who Makes the Decisions?

Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty

Why does America have the worst public transit in the industrialized world, and the most freeways?

An inside view of community organizing at its best.

Three low-income communities find new ways to develop permanently affordable housing.

How art can change the spirit of a place

Urban Manufacturing and the Future of Our Cities

The award-winning documentary about community vision, struggle, and change