East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020)
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 McMahon, Sarah Burns.
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Henry Cisneros as Self |
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Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage) |
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Jelani Cobb as Self |
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Eva Davis as Self (archive footage) |
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Willie Harrison as Self |
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Lawrence Lightfoot as Self |
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Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) |
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David Williams as Self - Sociologist |
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Chasity Dixon as Self |
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Rilene Dixon as Self |
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Nikole Hannah-Jones as Self |
| Production | Ken Burns | Producer |
| Production | Sarah Burns | Producer |
| Directing | David McMahon | Director |
| Writing | Sarah Burns | Writer |
| Production | Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Aljernon Tunsil | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Molly Schwartz | Animation |
| Production | David McMahon | Producer |
| Writing | David McMahon | Writer |
| Production | Stephanie Jenkins | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Sarah Burns | Director |