Studentka Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) poznaje przerażającą legendę o człowieku zwanym "Candyman" - seryjnym mordercy uzbrojonym w hak, który pojawia się, jeśli jego imię zostanie wypowiedziane do lustra pięć razy. Wiedziona ciekawością Helen trafia do jego rzekomej kryjówki. Kiedy ignoruje ostrzeżenia mieszkańców miasteczka, zaczyna się seria potwornych morderstw. Czy legenda może okazać się prawdą? [opis dystrybutora dvd]
Film ten oparty jest na bestsellerowej powieści Richarda Price'a. Opowiada o życiu ludzi w jednej z murzyńskich dzielnic Nowego Jorku. Jeden z głównych bohaterów - 16-letni Strike - zajmuje się handlem narkotyków. Traktuje on to jako główne źródło utrzymania i sposób na usamodzielnienie się. Jednak nie wszystko układa się pomyślnie. Szef Strike'a - Rodney Little - zleca mu pierwsze morderstwo, które ma być sprawdzianem lojalności chłopaka. Jeśli ten wywiąże się z zadania prawidłowo, może liczyć na awans w "narkotykowej hierarchii". Ofiarą ma być Darryl Adams - inny handlarz, który naraził się bossowi. O planowanym morderstwie Strike opowiada swojemu starszemu bratu Victorowi, który jest uczciwym człowiekiem, pracuje na dwóch zmianach, aby kiedyś "wyrwać się" z murzyńskiej dzielnicy. Victor oznajmia bratu, że zna kogoś, kto mógłby za niego wykonać "mokrą robotę". Jakiś czas później policjanci, z inspektorem Rocco Kleinem na czele, odnajdują zwłoki Darryla...
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.
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.
High school student Sam decides to run for office when a corrupt politician threatens to close down the housing project where his mother lives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.