A Place to Live

A Place to Live (1941)

Inner city squalor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the subject of this documentary, which focuses on a child returning from school to his home, a cramped and squalid apartment in a rat-infested slum neighborhood.

Date of release
1941-01-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Irving Lerner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

A Place to Live is a 1941 documentary film directed by Irving Lerner and produced by the Philadelphia Housing Association, a nonprofit affordable housing advocacy group. The film aimed to call attention to inner city squalor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by focusing on a child's journey from school to his family's cramped and squalid apartment in a rat-infested slum neighborhood.

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