Shrinking Cities Film Festival May 1, 2007

"Films from the Shrinking Cities Project

Abnehmen leicht gemacht/Karotoons: an animated film by architect Philipp Oswalt and landscape architect Klaus Overmeyer.

Old House/New House: Old City/New City A film by the International Center for Urban Ecology/Kyong Park in which personal recollections and everyday experiences delineate a psychograph of Detroit consisting of residents’ motives for relocating, and the fears and desires of people who live in the city and those who live in the suburbs.

Introduction to Wildflowers In this film by lucky kitchen, Detroiters introduce some exemplary grassroots projects.

Garden Stories: A film by Boris Gerrets portrays people from Detroit and St. Petersburg who grow their own food in the city. These examples of urban agriculture satisfy a variety of needs for self-sufficiency, social cohesion, healthy nutrition, local economic cycles, and proximity to nature."