Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Today, one person in six lives in a slum, a squat, or any other precarious dwelling. Governments
consider these to be problems and try to eradicate them by building public housing, but most
citizens refuse to live in environments that fail to address their reality.
The documentary Slums: Cities of Tomorrow seeks to address the housing problem in the age
of urban overcrowding by looking at structures built on a human scale from a sociological and
philosophical perspective. Director Jean Nicolas Orhon gives us an intimate look at the inhabitants
and families who, through resilience and ingenuity, have built homes that are well suited to their
needs, often finding inspiration from the architectural traditions of their places of origin.
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Chapters
▷ 0:00:00 - Introduction
▷ 0:00:22 - Slums: Cities of Tomorrow
▷ 0:03:28 - Tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA
▷ 0:10:36 - Poverty in Bangalore, India
▷ 0:20:09 - Architecture of slums around the world (Brazil, India, Turkey)
▷ 0:26:22 - Making a living in Rabat, Morocco
▷ 0:34:18 - Can we resolve the problem of slums?
▷ 0:37:20 - Trailer district in Marseille, France
▷ 0:47:05 - Slums vs squatter settlements & the fallacy of development
▷ 0:59:40 - Native community of Kitcisakik, Québec, Canada
▷ 1:07:28 - A possible solution
▷ 1:18:06 - Conclusion
▷ 1:20:30 - Credits
#documentary #slums #squatter #housing #developingcountries #fulldocumentary #Canada #USA #India #Brazil #Morocco #Turkey #wocomohumanity
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Slums: Cities of Tomorrow takes us on a human and aesthetic journey across the continents: in
Mumbai, India, home of the largest slum in all of Asia; in Rabat, Morocco, on what was once fertile
farmland; in a tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey; in a trailer district in Marseille, France; and in the
native community of Kitcisakik, Quebec.
Original title - Slums: Cities of Tomorrow
Directed by Jean-Nicolas Orhon
© 2013, Licensed by Sideways Film
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Today, one person in six lives in a slum, a squat, or any other precarious dwelling. Governments
consider these to be problems and try to eradicate them by building public housing, but most
citizens refuse to live in environments that fail to address their reality.
The documentary Slums: Cities of Tomorrow seeks to address the housing problem in the age
of urban overcrowding by looking at structures built on a human scale from a sociological and
philosophical perspective. Director Jean Nicolas Orhon gives us an intimate look at the inhabitants
and families who, through resilience and ingenuity, have built homes that are well suited to their
needs, often finding inspiration from the architectural traditions of their places of origin.
-------
Chapters
▷ 0:00:00 - Introduction
▷ 0:00:22 - Slums: Cities of Tomorrow
▷ 0:03:28 - Tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA
▷ 0:10:36 - Poverty in Bangalore, India
▷ 0:20:09 - Architecture of slums around the world (Brazil, India, Turkey)
▷ 0:26:22 - Making a living in Rabat, Morocco
▷ 0:34:18 - Can we resolve the problem of slums?
▷ 0:37:20 - Trailer district in Marseille, France
▷ 0:47:05 - Slums vs squatter settlements & the fallacy of development
▷ 0:59:40 - Native community of Kitcisakik, Québec, Canada
▷ 1:07:28 - A possible solution
▷ 1:18:06 - Conclusion
▷ 1:20:30 - Credits
#documentary #slums #squatter #housing #developingcountries #fulldocumentary #Canada #USA #India #Brazil #Morocco #Turkey #wocomohumanity
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Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/5Sp36B
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
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Slums: Cities of Tomorrow takes us on a human and aesthetic journey across the continents: in
Mumbai, India, home of the largest slum in all of Asia; in Rabat, Morocco, on what was once fertile
farmland; in a tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey; in a trailer district in Marseille, France; and in the
native community of Kitcisakik, Quebec.
Original title - Slums: Cities of Tomorrow
Directed by Jean-Nicolas Orhon
© 2013, Licensed by Sideways Film
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Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies.
Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:
▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS
▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE
▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY
▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL
▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK
Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
