A Place to Live
A Place to Live is a 1941 documentary film directed by Irving Lerner and produced by the Philadelphia Housing Association, a nonprofit affordable housing advocacy group. The film was designed to call attention to inner city squalor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by focusing on a child's journey from school to his family's cramped and squalid apartment in a rat-infested slum neighborhood.[1][2]
| A Place to Live | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Irving Lerner |
Production company | Documentary Film Productions for the Philadelphia Housing Association |
Release date | 1941 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Place to Live was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[3]
The Academy Film Archive preserved A Place to Live in 2007.[4]
Further reading
- Bauman, John F. Public Housing, Race, and Renewal: Urban Planning in Philadelphia, 1920-1974. Temple University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87722-444-7.
References
- The Tech, April 3, 1942
- The Sponsored Film Guide Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
- "A Place to Live," The Oscar Site
- "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- A Place to Live on IMDb
- The short film A Place to Live is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- A Place to Live at The Travel Film Archive
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