East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020)

7.5/10 • 104 min • 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.

Cast

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Jelani Cobb

Self

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Nikole Hannah-Jones

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