Cul de sac : a Suburban war Story
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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.
DVD ; NTSC.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed captioned.
PUBLISHED
New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p.).
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Scott, Garrett.
Olds, Ian.
Subdivision Productions.
First Run/Icarus Films.
SUBJECTS
Nelson, Shawn, -- 1959-1995.
Defense industries -- San Diego.
San Diego (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
San Diego (Calif.) -- Economic conditions.
Documentary films.