Urban Studies

Real estate confronts democracy on NYC's last industrial waterfront

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

Three welfare recipients transform their lives through their fight against workfare

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

How art can change the spirit of a place

An inside view of community organizing at its best.

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

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

The frontlines of the unprecedented rebuilding process in New Orleans.

Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty

Urban Manufacturing and the Future of Our Cities

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

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

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