Urban Development Movies

Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia hills.

Su Friedrich's personal essay charting the destruction of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. After living in the neighborhood for 20 years, the filmmaker was...

"At the beginning of the 19th century there is no Chicago. There was a fort that was set on fire by Indians shortly thereafter. Later, the turbulent...

Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits" tells the story of Istanbul and other Mega-Cities on a neo-liberal course to destruction. It follows the story of...

As development encroaches on a farming community, they struggle with the loss of their heritage and land.