CUFF presents a free screening of CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY at Baconfest

Feb. 22 : 6:00PM

We are extremely excited to be a part of Baconfest this year! Please join us for a FREE screening of CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY on Wednesday, February 22 at Globe Cinema. Doors 5:30 p.m., film & discussion from 6-8 p.m. 

About CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY
Directed by Matt Tyrnauer
USA, 92 min, 2016, colour and b&w

CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY is a documentary about cities through the lens of Jane Jacobs, author of the 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Jacobs’ book sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. Jacobs was also an activist, who was involved in many fights in mid-century New York, to stop “master builder” Robert Moses from running roughshod over the city.

This film retraces the battles for the city as personified by Jacobs and Moses, as urbanization moves to the very front of the global agenda. Many of the clues for formulating solutions to the dizzying array of urban issues can be found in Jacobs’s prescient text, and a close second look at her thinking and writing about cities is very much in order. CITIZEN JANE sets out to examine the city of today though the lens of one of its greatest champions.

About Baconfest
Calgary’s favourite Urban Planning Film Festival returns for a fourth year with screenings on February 1,8,15 and 22. Doors 5:30pm, films + discussion 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for all events.

The brainchild of Rollin Stanley, Baconfest promises thought-provoking screenings and conversations in celebration of renowned architect and planner Ed Bacon. Oh, and there's actual bacon too!

Presented by the City of Calgary in partnership with Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI), Calgary Foundation, Calgary Public Library, Calgary Underground Film Festival, and DIRTT Environmental Solutions

This event is free and open to the public.