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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 1: The City: Heaven and Hell
196327 min 58 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Christopher ChapmanRobert HumbleDerek KnightClaus LoofIan MacNeillTerence Macartney-FilgateReginald MorrisErik NielsenBryan Probyn
Production: Ian MacNeillGuy Glover
Script: Ian MacNeill
An outline of the opposed natures--creative and destructive--of the city in history. In this film, the focus is on the elements that created the first cities about five thousand years ago, and the forces that now threaten our "most precious collective invention."
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Subject categories
- Urbanism > History (Cities and Homes)PortraitsUrban Sociology
- Social Issues > Social IssuesUrban Life
Credits
- director
- Christopher Chapman
- Robert Humble
- Derek Knight
- Claus Loof
- Ian MacNeill
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Reginald Morris
- Erik Nielsen
- Bryan Probyn
- camera
- Christopher Chapman
- Robert Humble
- Derek Knight
- Claus Loof
- Ian MacNeill
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Reginald Morris
- Erik Nielsen
- Bryan Probyn
- producer
- Ian MacNeill
- script
- Ian MacNeill
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- George Croll
- Ted Haley
- editing
- Réjane Charpentier
- sound editing
- Kathleen Shannon
- narrator
- Budd Knapp
- music
- Robert Fleming
- host
- Lewis Mumford