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East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Film

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

7.5

1h 44m

2020

Synopsis

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.

Director

Sarah Burns

David McMahon

Trailer

Documentary

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Cast & Crew

Henry Cisneros

Henry Cisneros

as Self

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

as Self (archive footage)

Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb

as Self

Eva Davis

as Self (archive footage)

Willie Harrison

as Self

Lawrence Lightfoot

as Self

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

David Williams

as Self - Sociologist

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