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Big Cities: Colin Boyd Shafer

Big Cities

Big Cities

"Big Cities" explores innovative solutions for some of the most important urban challenges around the world. National broadcasters from more than two dozen countries have contributed to this collection of documentaries showcasing the citizens who are bringing about significant change in urban planning, infrastructure, and social issues. Each segment explores ways to improve living conditions in the growing number of mega-cities around the globe. Watch the series, exclusively on Link TV.

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Big Cities: Seven
26:46
Urban planners and average citizens in Thailand and Bogota are seeking solutions to ease congestion in their crowded cities.
Big Cities: Q’eswachaka
26:46
Looking back to traditional practices can help us find modern solutions to various environmental and social issues of city life.
Big Cities: Colin Boyd Shafer
26:46
Big cities attract dreamers from all over the world. This episode features the people building communities of inclusion for immigrants.
Still from QLM's "The Vertical Village"
26:16
Many people are ditching the confines of traditional apartment life and opting for communal living instead.
Mariachis in Boyle Heights
25:46
The heart of many large cities lies in their historic neighborhoods but across the world, the cultural vitality of these neighborhoods is threatened by the forces of gentrification and aging infrastructure. Hear from the people of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles and the Old Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam as they work to improve and preserve their communities.
Favela Organica
26:46
Maintaining a sustainable way of life through organic farming is possible — even in big cities.
Cosmopolis Toronto: Palestine
Colin Boyd Shafer took on the challenge to photograph one person from every country of the world to showcase the beauty of diversity. The catch? They all had to be people who now call Toronto home.
Big Cities Workshop
The concept developers of "Big Cities" tell us how they built a worldwide television and cross-media collection of stories about innovative ways to improve living conditions in major urban areas.
Big Cities: Boa Mistura work in Antofogasta
By immersing themselves in local cultures, the members of an artist collective known are changing the world one mural at a time.
Big Cities: Chi Fu Valley in Hong Kong
In a Hong Kong where enormous banyan trees shade the ruins of one of the world’s first industrial dairy farms, citizens are taking a greater stance in protecting their cultural heritage and endangered wildlife.
A baby plays alongside a woman braiding rope for the Q'eswachaka Bridge reconstruction.
Having suffered great climatic, social, and political changes for centuries, the people native to Peru's Quehue region have learned to face change armed only with their ancestral knowledge.
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