BigList
Login / Sign up
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (1988)

Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (1988)

Documentary
Release Date: 1988, September 12
Directors: Tony Buba
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Richard Waddingham, Stephen Pellegrino, Sal Carullo

Overview:

Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Keywords:

decadence unemployment steel worker steel town