East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Name: East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 7

2020 · 104 min

Documentary

★ 7.0

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Trailer

The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived there from 1970 to its demolition in 2000, with special emphasis on the activism of Eva Davis asserting the rights of the tenants.

Crew

Director David McMahon
Director Sarah Burns
Writer Sarah Burns
Writer David McMahon

Cast

H
Henry Cisneros
Self
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Jelani Cobb
Self
E
Eva Davis
Self (archive footage)
W
Willie Harrison
Self
L
Lawrence Lightfoot
Self
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
D
David Williams
Self - Sociologist
C
Chasity Dixon
Self
R
Rilene Dixon
Self
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Self

Crew

Director — David McMahon
Director — Sarah Burns
Writer — Sarah Burns
Writer — David McMahon

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