The experimental city /

A documentary about the Minnesota Experimental City project, a futuristic attempt to solve urban problems by creating a full-size city in the isolated woods of Northern Minnesota. At the heart of the story is Athelstan Spilhaus, a visionary scientist, inventor, and comic strip artist who dreams of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Balcom, Benjamin (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Columbia, Missouri] : Unicorn Stencil, 2017.
Subjects:	Spilhaus, Athelstan. City planning > Minnesota. City planning > Environmental aspects. Environmentalism. Science and state. Technology and state. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	A documentary about the Minnesota Experimental City project, a futuristic attempt to solve urban problems by creating a full-size city in the isolated woods of Northern Minnesota. At the heart of the story is Athelstan Spilhaus, a visionary scientist, inventor, and comic strip artist who dreams of a domed metropolis whose futuristic technology and innovative design will eradicate the pollution and waste of the modern city. But before the city of the future breaks ground on a virgin site in isolated northern Minnesota, rural citizens and mistrustful environmentalists rise up in protest, doubtful of its pollution-free promises.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (96 minutes)): sound, color
Production Credits:	Director and editor, Chad Freidrichs ; producers, Chad and Jaime Freidrichs, Brian Woodman ; music, Benjamin Balcom ;