Demolition Movies

In the 1950s, Seattle had plans to build one of the densest networks of freeways in the world. It would have displaced thousands, especially the poor...

A film photo-montage about an old house that belonged to a traditional local family that was later demolished.

Carbon vendors fight for their rights to protect their stalls from oppressors.

A film about the cross coalition of communities that stopped a planned network of freeways from being built in Seattle in the late 60s and early 70s....

Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1964

An abstract film consists of static shots of a small house-like being demolished through temporal ellipsis.

It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the...