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Past Film/Video | The Box
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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. (6 mins., HD video)
Youngstown/Steel Town, courtesy of the artist
Made with the support of the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Studio.
SUPPORT FOR THE WEXNER CENTER Greater Columbus Arts Council Ohio Arts Council American Electric Power Foundation The Columbus Foundation Nationwide Foundation Cardinal Health Foundation Huntington Bank
Past Film/Video
William E. Jones
