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May 5, 2024 · Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, directed by Matt Tyrnauer, 2016 This film explores the work of writer and community activist Jane Jacobs, whose best books highlighted the effects of urban expansion and city planning on her West Village neighborhood in New York City.
May 6, 2024 · Citizen Jane 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 author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities who fought to preserv
- Matt Tyrnauer
- Jane Jacobs, Marisa Tomei
1 day ago · Citizen Kane is often cited as one of the best films of all time, and it is filled with iconic scenes which have been recreated countless times since its release. These scenes include intense drama, surprising humor, and some groundbreaking cinematic artistry. Citizen Kane helped create the language of modern cinema, but many of its greatest ...
May 7, 2024 · Last weekend I watched Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, a documentary about a series of clashes in the 1950s and ‘60s between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. 2 Moses was a graduate of Yale, Oxford, and Columbia, an urban planner, and a public official of almost unrivaled power in New York.
May 7, 2024 · Matt Tyrnauer's new biographical documentary "Citizen Jane: Battle for the City" delves into the life of activist Jane Jacobs and her rivalry with Robert Moses. share alexander...
May 19, 2024 · To the editor: As a citizen of the U.S., Jane Fonda certainly had the right to speak out against our war effort in Vietnam in the 1960s and ‘70s. Her support for the enemy, however, with a trip...
May 3, 2024 · Citizen Jane: Battle for the City plays Friday, April 21 at Carbon Arc Cinema. The documentary showcases the work of Jane Jacobs, urban activist, writer and author of the 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
