Youngstown/Steel Town (2016)

The evolution of an Ohio rust belt city is examined in this double-screen projection by Massillon-born, Los Angeles–based artist William E. Jones. The 1944 propaganda film Steel Town, which shows the booming wartime steel industry of Youngstown, Ohio, plays alongside contemporary footage of the city’s now-quiet empty streets and abandoned buildings, underscoring the bleak reality of this postindustrial city.

• Release Date: 2016-01-01
• Runtime: 0h 6min
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: William E. Jones