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MEGAMALL:
An 80-minute Documentary about Money, Power and Politics in the Age of
Sprawl (2010)__View a Video Clip Produced by Stone Lantern Films and Turnstone Productions Directed by Sarah Mondale, Vera Aronow and Roger Grange The story kicks off when the biggest mall developer in the Northeast comes to the smallest county in New York to build its biggest mall yet on a toxic dump, one mile from the filmmakers' homes. That move sparked a citizen uprising which lasted almost 20 years. It also inspired MEGAMALL, three filmmakers’ quest to understand the |
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dramatic events unfolding right in their backyards. This feature-length
documentary investigates the origins of one of the country’s biggest
shopping malls, the Palisades Center, and its impact on the suburban
community of Rockland County, New York. Featured throughout the film
is provocative commentary from leading urban critics and writers, James
Howard Kunstler (The Geography of Nowhere); Roberta Brandes
Gratz (Malling the Northeast - New York Times Magazine); and
real estate economist Donavan Rypkema. MEGAMALL is the story
of ordinary Americans who confront the overwhelming forces that are
changing the face of our nation – and our world. |
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