portrait of Pittsburgh @ Duke F 24 Oct 08

http://fvd.aas.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule.php#Kurlander
> Fri Oct 24 Griffith (8:30pm) | Special Events
> My Tale of Two Cities -- with director Carl Kurlander in person! (Q&A to follow.)
> (Carl Kurlander, 2008, 85 min, USA, in English, Color, DVD)

> In the tradition of Super Size Me and Roger & Me, My Tale of Two
> Cities is a poignant and funny film about coming home and how people
> and cities are being challenged to reinvent themselves for a new
> age. St. Elmo's Fire screenwriter, TV writer/producer (Saved By The
> Bell) and Duke alum ('82) Carl Kurlander acted out the fantasy of
> moving back to his hometown of Pittsburgh only to discover that
> coming home again was not so simple-- as it turns out both he and
> his hometown were going through a mid-life crisis. As Pittsburgh is
> the real life home of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", Kurlander asks
> his neighbors from "Mr. McFeely" (actor David Newell) to Steeler
> great Franco Harris to philanthropist Teresa Heinz Kerry, whether
> this city that built America with its steel, conquered polio, and
> invented everything from aluminum to the Big Mac, can once again
> become "The City of Champions." This fun and heartfelt movie is the
> ultimate comeback story which seems very timely with what is going
> on with much of America these days

> [For more info, see:
> http://www.mytaleoftwocities.com

Dunno if it will mention the "renaissance" of Pittsburgh's air quality problems.