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Braddock America

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Residents of Braddock, Pa., talk about how the steel mill grew the town's economy and how its closure collapsed it.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 10/30/2014
"Braddock America" pierces the skin. Go to Full Review Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice 10/28/2014
The sad truths it illuminates have rarely been put onscreen with such clarity and power. Go to Full Review Elise Nakhnikian Slant Magazine 10/27/2014
2.5/4
It's mercifully free of the ruin-porn shots that turn so many contemporary films about struggling cities into self-consciously arty exercises in the romanticization of decay. Go to Full Review Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews 10/31/2014
This documentary shows how Great Depression-like conditions have changed consciousness in a Pennsylvania town that in the past would have inspired a Norman Rockwell painting. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Jean-Loïc Portron

Director

Gabriella Kessler

Director

Jean-Loïc Portron

Writer

Gabriella Kessler

Writer

Christine Doublet

Producer

Fabrice Coat

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Movie Info

Synopsis Residents of Braddock, Pa., talk about how the steel mill grew the town's economy and how its closure collapsed it.
Director
Jean-Loïc Portron, Gabriella Kessler
Producer
Christine Doublet, Fabrice Coat
Screenwriter
Jean-Loïc Portron, Gabriella Kessler
Production Co
Program 33
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 7, 2017
Runtime
1h 41m