Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2017)
• April 21st, 2017 • 1h 32min
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Overview
Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.
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