Disappearance of Robin Hood

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  • Directed by Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou w/ Urban-Think Tank
  • 2018UK25 minutesEnglish
  • Prologue by Andrew Burke, Assoc. Professor University of Winnipeg

This documentary explores the origins of and ideas behind Robin Hood Gardens, the London social housing complex designed by architects Peter and Alison Smithson in the late 1960s. Produced by the Urban-Think Tank, which aims to open discussion around the housing crisis that London faces today, the film presents us with the history of the building and its community as intertwined with contemporary urban narratives of the city.

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