16 movies

October 16, 1992

도시의 전설에 대한 논문을 쓰고 있는 헬렌 라일(Helen Lyle: 버지니아 매드슨 분)과 친구 버나데트(Bernadette Walsh: 캐시 레몬스 분)는 캔디맨(Candyman: 토니 토드 분)이라는 카브리니그린의 전설 속의 인물에 대해 알게 된다. 거울에 비친 자신의 얼굴을 보며 캔디맨을 다섯번 말하면 잘린 오른손에 후크를 한 거구의 흑인이 나타나 후크로 몸을 찢어 죽여버린다는 것. 헬렌은 조사에 나선다. 소년이 살해된 공중 화장실에서 캔디맨 행세를 하는 갱단에게 폭행을 당하고, 그 범인을 잡지만, 캔디맨에 대한 의심은 남아 있다. 드디어 캔디맨은 헬렌 앞에 나타나고, 의식을 잃었던 헬렌이 깨어난 곳은 카브리니그린 지역의 피살된 여인의 옆집에 사는 앤의 화장실. 헬렌은 자기 손에 있는 식칼과 잘려진 개머리, 사라진 아기로 인해 구속당한다. 하지만 사라진 아기가 발견되지 않아 헬렌은 석방되고, 아파트에 와서 필림을 보다가, 거울 속에 비친 모습을 찍은 필림 뒤에는 캔디맨이 있는 것을 발견한다. 그리고 자기집에서 또다시 캔디맨을 만난다. 헬렌은 캔디맨에게 공격당하고 버나데트를 살해한 범인으로 몰려 정신병원에 갇힌다. 병원에서 의사와 상담하던 중 자신의 결백을 증명하기위해 거울을 보며 캔디맨을 다섯 번 부르자 다시 캔디맨이 나타나 의사를 살해한다.

September 15, 1995

거리에서 마약을 몰래 파는 19세의 소년 스트라이크. 그는 동네 마약 갱단의 두목인 로드니 리틀에게 충성을 증명하기 위해 다른 마약상 대릴을 죽이라는 명령을 받는다. 그를 죽이기로 한 날 밤, 스트라이크는 용기를 얻기 위해 술집으로 갔다가 형 빅터를 만나 술에 취한 형에게 자신의 살인 계획을 틸어놓고 대릴을 죽이기 위해 나선다. 잠시 후 경찰이 출동하고 네 발의 총을 맞고 쓰러진 대릴의 시체가 옮겨진다. 편집광적인 강력계 형사 로코는 스트라이크를 범인으로 지목하여 그의 뒤를 추적하기 시작하고, 스트라이크를 내논 자식으로 여기는 어머니와 동네의 어느 누구도 그의 편을 들어주려 하지 않는다. 또한 대릴에게 살인을 명령했던 리틀마저 스트라이크의 입을 막기 위해 음모를 꾸미게 되는데...

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.

일리노이주 시카고에 위치한 ‘아이다 벨 웰스 주택 단지’는 흑인 여성 인권 운동에 앞장섰던 아이다 벨 웰스(Ida B. Wells)의 이름을 따서 1939년에 처음 만들어졌다. 이후 주로 흑인 저소득층이 입주하는 가운데 그 규모는 지속적으로 커졌지만 영화가 제작된 90년대에는 갖가지 사회의 불평등 문제가 집중되는 부작용을 낳았다. 결국 1995년, 정부는 주택 단지의 철거 및 재개발을 결정하고 실행에 옮긴다.

May 1, 2017

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

February 26, 1993

High school student Sam decides to run for office when a corrupt politician threatens to close down the housing project where his mother lives.

September 1, 1997

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.

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.

January 1, 1979

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

April 20, 2013

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.

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