City of trees / a film by Meridian Hill Pictures in association with Kartemquin Films and Magic Labs Media ; directed by Brandon Kramer ; produced by Lance Kramer.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kramer, Brandon, film director, director of photography.

Kramer, Lance (Documentary filmmaker), film producer.

Martinez, Edwin, editor of moving image work.

Walton, Ellie, director of photography.

Satz, B., composer (expression).

White, Ethan, 1975-2015, composer (expression).

Meridian Hill Pictures, production company.

Kartemquin Films, production company.

Magic Labs Media, production company.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Biology).

Tree planting.

Community development.

Washington (D.C.).

Community development--Washington (D.C.).

Tree planting--Washington (D.C.).

Urban ecology (Biology)--Washington (D.C.).

Unemployment--Washington (D.C.).

Unemployment.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (76 min.)) : sound, color

polychrome

Distribution:

[Place of publication not identified] : [Meridian Hills Pictures?], [2018?]

Language Note:

English; closed-captioned in English.

System Details:

Streaming video file.

digital optical

video file region 1

Summary:

Portrays the struggles of a DC non-profit to challenge the cycle of poverty and violence in blighted urban areas by implementing an ambitious 'green jobs' program that hires unemployed residents to plant trees in underserved parks.

Participant:

Featuring: Charles Holcomb, Michael Samuels, Steve Coleman, James Magruder, Brian Rodgers, Karen Loeschner.

Credits:

Edited by Edwin Martinez ; directors of photography, Ellie Walton, Brandon Kramer ; original music, Brian Satz, Ethan White.

Notes:

This video has limited public performance rights and may be shown in a classroom, screened by a public group that is not charged for the viewing, or transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or single campus.

Originally produced in 2015.

Online resource; title from title screen (Virginia Tech, Digital Media Services, viewed Jan. 29, 2018).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

0781515386

9780781515382

OCLC:

1020677608

Publisher Number:

2532 Cinema Guild

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.