Radiant City

May 30, 2007

1h 33m

★ 6.4

Overview

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Burns Film Ltd.

ONF | NFB

Radiant City Trailers

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Cast

Nick Moss

Daniel Jeffery

Evan Moss

Bob Legare

Anne Moss

Jane MacFarlane

Jennifer Moss

Ashleigh Fidyk

Ken

Curt McKinstry

Karen

Karen Planden

Nicole

Mikeala Jeffrey

Tina

Amanda Friesen

Hong

Hong Cheng

Kyle

Kyle Grant

Austin

Austin Penny

Terry

Cayla Wolever

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