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East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

20207.5 / 10104 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

Henry Cisneros

Self

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Jelani Cobb

Self

Eva Davis

Self (archive footage)

Willie Harrison

Self

Lawrence Lightfoot

Self

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

David Williams

Self - Sociologist

Chasity Dixon

Self

Rilene Dixon

Self

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Self

Crew

Ken Burns

Producer

Aljernon Tunsil

Editor

Sarah Burns

Director

Ken Burns

Executive Producer

Molly Schwartz

Animation

David McMahon

Director

Sarah Burns

Writer

David McMahon

Writer

Stephanie Jenkins

Co-Producer

David McMahon

Producer

Sarah Burns

Producer