Youngstown/Steel Town

The evolution of an Ohio rust belt city is examined in this double-screen projection by Massillon-born, Los Angeles–based artist William E. Jones. The 1944 propaganda film Steel Town, which shows the booming wartime steel industry of Youngstown, Ohio, plays alongside contemporary footage of the city’s now-quiet empty streets and abandoned buildings, underscoring the bleak reality of this postindustrial city.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
6 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
6 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 2016
Season
2016
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0
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0
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0
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Genres
Documentary
Country
United States

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The evolution of an Ohio rust belt city is examined in this double-screen projection by Massillon-born, Los Angeles–based artist William E. Jones. The 1944 propaganda film Steel Town, which shows the booming wartime steel industry of Youngstown, Ohio, plays alongside contemporary footage of the city’s now-quiet empty streets and abandoned buildings, underscoring the bleak reality of this postindustrial city.

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Japanese

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