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La cité radieuse

2006 1 h 25 min
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L'étalement urbain ronge la planète. Pour les politiciens, la banlieue est synonyme de croissance; pour les promoteurs immobiliers, elle représente de gros sous. Pour la famille Moss, la banlieue, c’est le foyer. Dans ce long métrage documentaire, Gary Burns, maître de la comédie surréaliste, et le journaliste Jim Brown brossent un tableau coloré de la vie des banlieusards à la « fin de l’ère de la banlieue ». Bienvenue à Radiant City.

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L'étalement urbain ronge la planète. Pour les politiciens, la banlieue est synonyme de croissance; pour les promoteurs immobiliers, elle représente de gros sous. Pour la famille Moss, la banlieue, c’est le foyer. Dans ce long métrage documentaire, Gary Burns, maître de la comédie surréaliste, et le journaliste Jim Brown brossent un tableau coloré de la vie des banlieusards à la « fin de l’ère de la banlieue ». Bienvenue à Radiant City.

  • script
    Gary Burns
    Jim Brown
  • direction
    Gary Burns
    Jim Brown
  • producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
    Bonnie Thompson
  • executive producer
    Jerry McIntosh
    Carl Karp
    Graydon McCrea

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Ages 12 to 18
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Warnings: language

Debate or discuss the following statements:

  • “People cannot tolerate one another in the suburbs”;
  • “There is cartoonification of buildings in the suburbs”;
  • “Children lack social development and growth in the suburbs”;
  • “Suburbia is the perfect setting for a zombie apocalypse.”

What is your reaction to the facts presented in the graphics? For example, on average, North Americans drive the equivalent of 55 eight-hour days every year; adults in the suburbs are 6.3 pounds heavier, on average; half of the people in North America do not have access to a car.

Create a pros and cons chart about raising a family in the suburbs. Discuss or write about the future of suburbia.

La cité radieuse
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