Radiant City September 2, 2007

Canada, 2006, Jim Brown, Gary Burns

This new film on suburban sprawl is not your standard progressive documentary. Comedy filmmaker Gary Burns (/waydowntown/) has teamed with journalist Jim Brown to paint a unique picture of suburbia focusing on one newly transplanted family. Surreal snapshots of exurban life (desperate housewives, a musical chorus line mowing the lawn) are intercut with statistics, talking heads (/The Geography of Nowhere’s/ James Howard Kunstler, et al.), and cultural references (Jane Jacobs, etc.) in this surprising movie that is both “enlightening and disturbingly funny” (/Village Voice/). Cleveland premiere. 35mm. 93 min.

other showings:
Aug 30 (Thu) - 8:40PM

Official Website: http://www.radiantcitymovie.com/