Radiant City: A Documentary About Suburban Sprawl

bristol | the environment | event notice Sunday March 30, 2008 16:17 by imcvol

Bristol Indymedia Film Night - Monday 12th May 2008 8pm @ Cube Cinema

Radiant City: A Documentary About Suburban Sprawl

Monday 12th May 2008 8pm @ Cube Cinema, Stokes Croft, Bristol Entry £5.00/£4.00 concessions (but nobody refused entry for a lack of funds.)

Film Poster for May 12th Event

"Sprawl is eating the planet. Across North America the landscape is being leveled - blasted clean of distinctive features and overlaid with zombie monoculture. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home."

Canadian filmmakers Gary Burns and Jim Brown use a variety of cultural references, from Jane Jacobs to The Sopranos, to create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do.

A chorus of cultural prophets provide insight into this examination of North American suburbs and what they have become. Cinematographer Patrick McLaughlin transforms drab suburbia into great painterly cloudscapes, mesmerizing rivers of traffic and eerie tableaux of dystopia while the soundtrack features songs from Joey Santiago of The Pixies.

Radiant City will be introduced by Steve Ward of Carfree UK, an organisation which works to promote carfree development and its environmental, social, financial and health benefits.

Presented in partnership with The Architecture Centre, Bristol as part of their 'Spring Green' season.

http://www.architecturecentre.co.uk
http://www.carfree.org.uk
http://www.radiantcitymovie.com

Venue: Cube Cinema: Dove St South (off Kings Square), Bristol

Map: http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite/directions.html