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A Short History of the Highrise (2013)
Directed by Katerina Cizek
Documentary, History
“A Short History of the Highrise” is an interactive documentary that explores the 2,500-year global history of vertical living and issues of social equality in an increasingly urbanized world. The centerpiece of the project is four short films. The first three (“Mud,” “Concrete” and “Glass”) draw on The New York Times's extraordinary visual archives, a repository of millions of photographs that have largely been unseen in decades. Each film is intended to evoke a chapter in a storybook, with rhyming narration and photographs brought to life with intricate animation. The fourth chapter (“Home”) comprises images submitted by the public. The interactive experience incorporates the films and, like a visual accordion, allows viewers to dig deeper into the project’s themes with additional archival materials, text and microgames.
Crew
- Director
- Katerina Cizek
Details
- Release date
- 2013-09-30
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Canada, United States of America
- Production
- The New York Times, ONF | NFB