Wang Jiu-liang travels to more than 500 landfills, documenting Beijing's unholy cycle of consumption.

4 million slum dwellers - half of Bombay's population - must battle daily just to survive.

Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.

Two first suburban officials struggle to fix their crumbling infrastructure.

Chronicles the decades-long cycle of destruction and despair that defines modern gang culture in South LA.

An allegory for a working class suburb in decline, this film investigates the story of Shawn Nelson, who stole a tank and went on a rampage through the residential streets of Clairemont, CA.

A model co-housing project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood.

Academy Award-shortlisted for Best Documentary, the film is a vivid portrait of Detroit, America's first major post-industrial city, as it struggles to deal with the consequences of a broken economic system.

Huang Weikai collects footage from a dozen amateur videographers and weaves them into a unique symphony of urban social dysfunction.

Five people in a Rust Belt town struggle to reinvent their lives and their dreams in contemporary America.