THE URBAN WORLD follows the experiences of one family living in a mixed Hindu/Muslim slum as they and over 10,000 other families are evicted from their homes on the banks of India’s Sabarmati River. The film is both a portrait of a family at a moment of crisis, an ethnography of a culture moved from a horizontal communal society to mid-rise facilities, and a case-study that raises multiple questions regarding housing, public policy and social justice in solving the plight of the world’s urban poor. The film premiered at the United Nations World Urban Forum and received awards in 16 international film festivals. Filmed, directed and edited by Warren Bass; producer Zilan Munas; executive producer and subject specialist Howard Spodek.