“This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent the passage of buses, thereby allowing only people who could afford to own a car to access Long Island’s leisure spaces.” - Read more here
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Can Design Be Devious?
Presentations
2015, Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisbon
2015, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR)
2015, Milano Design Film Festival
2015, Chicago Architecture Biennial
2016, Festival international des films sur l’art, Montreal
2016, Architecture +Design film festival, Winnipeg
2016, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerpen