THE HEALTH
OF OUR CITIES

A D O C U M E N T A R Y B Y

A B O U T T H E F I L M

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Cities are growing at an unprecedented rate, with 80% of the world's inhabitants set to live in cities by 2050. How we live in them will be guided by the choices made now.

In the race to build and redevelop new urban areas, we are forgetting the most important ingredient, people.

The idea was initiated by the executive producer Neil Smith, and commissioned to director/producer

Spencer Meredith of Look See Films. With narration

by Jeremy Newsum, the former Chairman of

The Urban Land Institute.

The documentary interviews leaders in urban planning, epidemiology, and city residents to write a new plan for cities with health at their heart.

The film offers a new perspective on the climate agenda with a sense of hope and tangible actions everyone can take.

Rated: U

THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIES

CONTRIBUTORS

Our contributors range from scientists and city planners to climate campaigners, including Dr Jane Goodall, Sir Michael Marmot, Dr Lena Chan, Dr Audrey De Nazelle and David Rockefeller Jr.

Experts and leaders

Subaraj Rajathurai looks to the camera in Sungei Buloh wetland reserve in Singapore.

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WORLD LEADING INSTITUTIONS

Organisations featured within the documentary include The Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project, The Rockefeller Foundation and The National Parks Board of Singapore and The City of Vancouver

REAL WORLD STORIES

Personal stories and interviews with local citizens, action groups and ground up initiatives in each city are interspersed between the issues that our contributors discuss, and the series will be narrator led.

P H O T O G A L L E R Y

Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

A wide view of K.R Flower Market in Bangalore from high up of an incredibly busy market scene as vendors sell their wares and shoppers crowd between the brightly coloured stalls covered in bright yellow and blue tarpaulins to protect from the weather.
February 2020.

Vancouver skyline.

A view of Downtown Vancouver from Victoria Park.
Vancouver June 2019

Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Bangaloreans walk along a pavement wearing brightly coloured saris and chatting on the phone. In the background ladies sit outside a telephone store whilst catching up and using the space as a place to hang out. A moped rider passes by in traffic. February 2020

Highbury Fields, London.

Park visitors sit and relax in Highbury Fields in the afternoon.
London Borough of Islington, 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nørrebro Park is a great example of urban landscape architecture. This urban park contains a variety of features of interest, and is a blast of colour in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen.