Rat film /

"A documentary that uses the rat as a passageway into the dark, complicated history of Baltimore. A unique blend of history, sci-fi, poetry and portraiture, RAT FILM brilliantly breaks documentary norms and dissects how racial segregation, redlining, and environmental racism built the Baltimore...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jones, Maureen (Voice actor) (Narrator), Deacon, Dan, 1981- (composer (expression))
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned.
Published:	New York : Cinema Guild, 2017.
Subjects:	Racism > Maryland > Baltimore. Environmental health > Maryland > Baltimore. Rats > Maryland > Baltimore. Low-income housing > Maryland > Baltimore. Urban poor > Maryland > Baltimore. Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations. Baltimore (Md.) > Social conditions. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	"A documentary that uses the rat as a passageway into the dark, complicated history of Baltimore. A unique blend of history, sci-fi, poetry and portraiture, RAT FILM brilliantly breaks documentary norms and dissects how racial segregation, redlining, and environmental racism built the Baltimore we see today. What begins as an examination of our interactions with rats - portraits of rat afflicted citizens, use of rats in labs, development of rat poison - becomes a deeper exploration of Baltimore. Director Theo Anthony investigates the history of the city, and the systemic racism that established the low-income and predominantly black neighborhoods that are still plagued by rats today."
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion pictured in 2016, released in 2017.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 videodisc (82 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color
Production Credits:	Original music, Dan Deacon ; director of photography, Theo Anthony ; film editing, Theo Anthony.