En la Universidad de Chicago la estudiante graduada Helen Lyle se da cuenta de la superstición prevaleciente que rodea la leyenda de Candyman (un fantasma con un gancho en vez de mano que aparecerá si su nombre se dice cinco veces en un espejo) entre los arrendatarios del Cabrini del proyecto Verde de Chicago. El profesor, oyendo hablar de la investigación de Helen, explica la base histórica para la leyenda y detalla cómo se cree que Candyman es el espíritu vengativo de un esclavo que fue mutilado por una chusma enloquecida cuando se lo acusó de violar a una mujer blanca. Cuando Helen prueba su confianza intelectual recitando el nombre de Candyman cinco veces, ella pone en movimiento una serie inevitable de eventos sobrenaturales, culminando en una serie de matanzas espantosas en las que Helen sostiene el arma del asesinato. Aunque ella es capturada por la policía, se pone en evidencia para Helen que Candyman está guiando su destino.
Strike es un camello que trabaja las 24 horas del día. Cuando un importante narcotraficante de Brooklyn le informa sobre la posibilidad de mejorar su situación, un camello rival acaba siendo asesinado. El inspector Mazilli quiere una detención rápida, pero su compañero Rocco, se inclina por algo mucho más complicado: descubrir la verdad.
The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.
Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.
Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.
A student of architecture from Zagreb believes that the new model of city can meet the need of its citizens. However, his professors, the corrupt business environment and even the parents of his fiancée stand on his way.
Alex is a young adult from a social housing district. When he left his home in the morning, he faces a situation apparently out of the ordinary.
Public Housing is Wiseman’s unflinching portrayal of life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago, a raw exposition of the daily conflicts between residents and the bureaucratic machinery to which they are continually subjected. With intimate detail and an abiding dedication to his subject, Wiseman unearths the hidden facets of institutions to find humanity and sites of unexpected beauty.
In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building superintendents. Many rights regarding the freedom of movement, communication and behavior were abused. Interviews with the tenants and with the "orderlies" which point out absurd situations and clashes caused by these restrictions.
I'm Bout It is a 1997 film by rapper Master P. The plot details his life in a New Orleans uptown ghetto. Master P wrote, directed and acted in the film.
High school student Sam decides to run for office when a corrupt politician threatens to close down the housing project where his mother lives.
One of the biggest housing projects in Germany. Known for a long time as the “Sozialpalast” it had a reputation for crime, vandalism and drugs.
Green Valley was a housing commission estate in western Sydney, much maligned by the media of the day. The residents were hurt by the criticism but lacked access to the media to respond. Supplied with equipment by Film Australia, they used this film to present a different image of themselves and their daily lives. In so doing, they answered the question of "Whatever happened to Green Valley?" The core of this film is the work of half a dozen residents, co-ordinated by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Weir in one of his earliest film projects. Weir also acts as the moderator at a public forum that is included in the film.
Feature documentary debut of 29 year old director Kei Tanaka. In the Japanese town of Kawasaki, elderly residents who have lived hard lives are now facing their own death at a public housing complex called “Danchi“. The young director explores and depicts the ageing population in Japan by focusing on the personal lives of few individuals who live quietly on the outskirts of society. While some of the protagonists chose to interact and establish friendships with their fellow elderly residents, others prefer to spend the rest of their years in solitary.
An in-depth look at the life of the hip-hop MC known as Tragedy Khadafi, aka Intelligent Hoodlum, who hails from the Queensbridge housing project in New York City.