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A Short History of the Highrise, Part Four: Home

Katerina Cizek

2013 4 min

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In the final installment, "Home" consists of images from New York Times readers, who submitted personal pictures of their lives in high-rises from around the world. Montreal musician Patrick Watson wrote the music for the film.

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In the final installment, "Home" consists of images from New York Times readers, who submitted personal pictures of their lives in high-rises from around the world. Montreal musician Patrick Watson wrote the music for the film.

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Credits

• director
  Katerina Cizek
  
• writer
  Katerina Cizek
  
• editor
  Katerina Cizek
  
• producer
  Gerry Flahive
  
• coordinating producer
  Kathleen Lingo
  
• series researcher
  Lindsay Crouse
  
• animation producer
  Sarah Arruda
  
• animation - creative director
  Alex Wittholz
  
• animation
  Matt Brushett
  
• illustrations
  Felix Wittholz
  
• executive producer
  Silva Basmajian
  
  Jason Spingarn-Koff
  
• sound editor
  Janine White
  
• visual researcher
  Elizabeth Klinck
  
  Jivan Nagra
  
• photo archivist
  Jeff Roth
  
• centre administrator
  Josiah Rothenberg
  
• production supervisor
  Mark Wilson
  
• production coordinator
  Andrew Martin-Smith
  
  Rachel Punwassie
  
• technical coordinator
  Marcus Matyas
  
• media assets manager
  Cassandra Gardiner
  
  Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam
  
• voice recording engineer
  Steve Blair
  
• sound mixing
  Ian Rodness
  
• advisor
  Deborah Cowen
  
  Miles Glendinning
  
  Robin LeBaron
  
  Graeme Stewart
  
• creative consultant
  Sean Dixon
  

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