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This documentary film series showcases local stories that focus on identity, regionalism, and diversity in Missouri communities. After the screening, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the film and share their own stories.

Destroyed in a dramatic and highly publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians, and policy makers.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, produced and directed by Wentzville High alum Chad Freidrichs, explores the social, economic, and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in the United States, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the projects residents . In the post-war years, the American city changed in ways that made it unrecognizable from a generation earlier, privileging some, and leaving others in its wake.