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Multiple Danforth campus libraries will be closed and inaccessible to patrons from December 21 until January 2. Read on for more details. 

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More Than One Thing

The short film More Than One Thing was filmed in 1968 and 1969 by director Steve Carver, a graduate student at WashU at the time. The film explores the daily life of Billy Towns, a teenager living in the Pruitt-Igoe housing project.

In the film, viewers learn about the joys, hopes, and dreams of a young Pruitt-Igoe resident in a story that often contrasts the stereotypically negative Pruitt-Igoe image that has defined the housing development over the decades.

View the More Than One Thing Digital Exhibition