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Cul de sac : a suburban war story / Subdivision Production presents ; a documentary by Garrett Scott ; produced and directed by Garrett Scott ; written by Garrett Scott, Ian Olds.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nelson, Shawn, 1959-1995.
- Nelson, Shawn.
- Defense industries.
- San Diego (Calif.)--Social conditions.
- San Diego (Calif.).
- San Diego (Calif.)--Economic conditions.
- Defense industries--California--San Diego.
- California--San Diego.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brookyln, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Combining newsreel footage and contemporary interviews, this film begins with the news story of Shawn Nelson, the man who, in May 1995, emerged from a mineshaft dug in his backyard to seize a 60 ton tank and rampage through the streets of his suburban San Diego neighborhood. This is extended to the larger story of this defense-industry dependent working class community from the 1950's to the 1990's, during which time it decayed into a desperate strip-mall wasteland. Interviewees sketch the rise and fall of the one-time boomtown, tracing the neighborhood's social ills to World War II, the Vietnam War, and recent industry layoffs.
- Credits:
- Edited by Ian Olds ; camera, Adrian Zaragoza.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Garrett Scott/Subdivision Productions, c2002.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 9, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-cul Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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