East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020
1h 44m
7.5
US
Documentary
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Florentine Films
Key Crew
Ken Burns
Producer
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
Cast
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
