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Apr 21, 2017 · Citizen Jane: Battle for the City: Directed by Matt Tyrnauer. With Thomas Campanella, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mindy Fullilove, Alexander Garvin. Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Matt Tyrnauer
- 2017-04-21
May 4, 2017 · Peter Bradshaw. Thu 4 May 2017 10.30 EDT. N ew York’s dissident urban theorist Jane Jacobs is the subject of this bracing, invigorating documentary. Yet it has no very reassuring message for the...
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. Chronicle of activist Jane Jacobs' battle with developers who threatened to demolish NYC's most historic neighborhoods and a lesson in the power of the average person to push back. 98 1 h 33 min 2017. X-Ray 13+.
Apr 21, 2017 · Citizen Jane: Battle for the City offers a compelling overview of an influential activist's importance -- and underscores why the spirit of her work remains crucial today. Read Critics...
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- Documentary
- Matt Tyrnauer
By bringing back to life the struggles and battles over urban planning in the 20th century United States, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City shows that anti-democratic approaches to city planning and building are fundamentally unsustainable; a grassroots, “bottom up” approach is imperative to the social, economic, and ecological success of ...
Nov 11, 2016 · Nov 11, 2016 2:44pm PT. Film Review: ‘Citizen Jane: Battle for the City’. A fascinating documentary captures the showdown, half a century ago, between the activist Jane Jacobs and the...
Apr 20, 2017 · 92 minutes. Matt Tyrnauer's documentary 'Citizen Jane: Battle for the City' recounts journalist/activist Jane Jacobs' battles against New York City urban planner Robert Moses.
