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The Walls Come Tumbling Down
197625 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michael RubboPierre LasryWilliam Weintraub
Production: Roman Bittman
Script: Michael Rubbo
This film shows the rampant demolition of older buildings in Montréal to make way for the new glass towers that nobody seems to want. It describes the efforts of individual citizens and citizens' groups to stem a brutal activity camouflaged by the name of progress. Development is tearing out great chunks of the older parts of our cities, robbing the citizens of tradition and a low-rise environment.
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Subject categories
- Urbanism > Community LifeQuébecUrban Development
- Architecture > Urbanism
Credits
- director
- Michael Rubbo
- Pierre Lasry
- William Weintraub
- producer
- Roman Bittman
- script
- Michael Rubbo
- narrator
- Michael Rubbo
- photography
- Douglas Kiefer
- Andreas Poulsson
- David De Volpi
- Eugene Boyko
- sound
- Jean-Guy Normandin
- editing
- Michael Rubbo
- Pierre Lasry
- sound editing
- Ken Page
- re-recording
- Richard Besse
- animation
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- music
- Ben Low
Awards
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Citizen ActionItinerant - American Film and Video Festival