About the film
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
20207104 min
Documentary
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.
Directors
David McMahonSarah Burns
Actors
Henry CisnerosSelf
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Jelani CobbSelfEva DavisSelf (archive footage)Willie HarrisonSelfLawrence LightfootSelf
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)David WilliamsSelf - SociologistChasity DixonSelfRilene DixonSelf
Nikole Hannah-JonesSelf
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)Jelani CobbSelfEva DavisSelf (archive footage)Willie HarrisonSelfLawrence LightfootSelfRonald ReaganSelf (archive footage)Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)David WilliamsSelf - SociologistChasity DixonSelfRilene DixonSelfNikole Hannah-JonesSelfReleased
Mar 24, 2020
Country
United States of America
Production
Florentine Films