Michael and Us: Death of the Iron Age Café
A documentarian ponders how his success is tied to others' poverty.
August 9, 2024
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August 9, 2024
Michael and Us: Death of the Iron Age Café
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<p>Tony Buba chronicled the decline of his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania in a series of acclaimed documentaries that elevated him to national notoriety. But in the extraordinary documentary/fiction hybrid LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK: A RUST BOWL FANTASY (1988), he asks what it means when his success is tied to so many people's poverty.</p><br /><p><em>Michael and Us</em> is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.</p>
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