Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy

Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (1988)

September 12th, 19881h 20min

Documentary
68%

Overview

Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Roger & Me

Roger & Me


Released on: 1989-09-01
Documentary, History, Comedy

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the l...

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man


Released on: 1998-09-27
Documentary

This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel ...

Marble and Concrete

Marble and Concrete


Released on: 2022-06-03
Documentary

A documentary that invites the viewer to immerse themselves in a intimate and thoughtful walk throug...

11 Underground

11 Underground


Released on: 2024-12-31
Documentary

In 1984, eleven miners entrenched themselves underground to protest for better working conditions in...

De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire


Released on: 2022-03-09
Documentary, TV Movie, History

Wayne

Wayne


Released on: 2018-09-06
Documentary

Wayne tells the exhilarating story of 1987 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion Wayne Gardner's triu...

Attention danger travail

Attention danger travail


Released on: 2003-10-08
Documentary

With the energy of the dying, those in power apply themselves to reasserting the value of work – wit...

Modern Marvels: American Steel: Built to Last

Modern Marvels: American Steel: Built to Last


Released on:
Documentary

An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.

Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge


Released on: 1995-12-12
Documentary

Bill Moyers tells the story of several hardworking Milwaukee families struggling with low-paying job...

Look Away

Look Away


Released on: 2021-09-01
Documentary, Music

Interviews from women involved in the 70's and 80's rock music industry. An examination of the peopl...

Laissez-faire

Laissez-faire


Released on: 2015-01-30
Documentary, History

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so pr...

Aus der Tiefe empor

Aus der Tiefe empor


Released on: 1934-10-29
Documentary

Images and numbers illustrate the domestic political measures taken after the Nazis came to power to...

Scheme Birds

Scheme Birds


Released on: 2019-04-26
Documentary

As her adolescence gives way to the obligations of motherhood, troubled Gemma matures in Motherwell,...

Over the Years

Over the Years


Released on: 2015-02-08
Documentary

Taking the demise of a textile factory in Austria’s Waldviertel region as its starting point, with t...

In Delusion: Trump and the American Catastrophe

In Delusion: Trump and the American Catastrophe


Released on: 2020-10-02
Documentary, TV Movie

In 2020, the USA experienced a multiple catastrophe: No other country in the world was hit so badly ...

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies


Released on: 2010-12-13
Music, Documentary

A documentary about the groupie scene in the 1970s.

Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint

Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint


Released on: 1992-09-11
Documentary

Follow-up to Roger & Me.

Hard Times: Lost on Long Island

Hard Times: Lost on Long Island


Released on: 2012-07-09
Documentary

Though the recession officially ended in summer 2009, the fallout continues for some 25 million unem...

The Unemployed

The Unemployed


Released on: 1968-02-27
Documentary

SFRJ is officially a place where everyone have a job and a house. The story follows hard labored wor...

Homeland

Homeland


Released on: 2000-10-20
Documentary

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota comm...