The Walls Come Tumbling Down, 1975

A film by Madeline Anderson about the Housing Authority struggle in St. Louis focused on the Pruitt-Igoe urban housing project.
In February 1969, residents of public housing developments in St. Louis began a nine-month rent strike after the Housing Authority announced its third rent increase in less than a year. When the strike ended, the residents were granted their three basic demands: Rents would not exceed more than a fourth of any tenant’s income, a Tenant Affairs Board would be created to represent the interests of all residents, and two tenants would sit on a five-member Board of Commissioners, which oversees the work of the Housing Authority.
AV 2205
From the Ford Foundation records, Audiovisual materials
Finding Aid: FA750
Producer-Director: Madeline Anderson
Editor: Madeline Anderson
Assistant Editor: Pearl Rubenstein
Camera: Hiroaki Tanaka
Sound: Clive Davidson
Original music: David Conner
Color, Sound, English language
Originally 16mm film (2022 transfer)
Duration: 30 minutes
Copyright Ford Foundation, 1975