Culture
A Globetrotting Filmmaker, Seeking Answers About Our Urban Future
Oscar Boyson’s documentary is a jet-setting look at problems and solutions in cities centers across the world.
By the middle of the century, the share of urban dwellers is projected to hit 66 percent of the global population—some six billion people. To accommodate the ballooning figures, cities will have to get creative.
“Is future urbanization going to be a good thing or a bad thing?” asks filmmaker Oscar Boyson. “If you care about people,” he adds, “this is going to be the defining question of our time.”