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East Lake Meadows DVD

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In 1970, the Atlanta Housing Authority opened a public housing community on the edge of the city called East Lake Meadows. Over the next 25 years, many thousands of low-income Atlantans, mostly African American, would call it home. Shoddy construction and a lack of funding left the project and surrounding landscape in disrepair and led to a rapid decline in ... More
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In 1970, the Atlanta Housing Authority opened a public housing community on the edge of the city called East Lake Meadows. Over the next 25 years, many thousands of low-income Atlantans, mostly African American, would call it home. Shoddy construction and a lack of funding left the project and surrounding landscape in disrepair and led to a rapid decline in the quality of life. As public housing in America became increasingly stigmatized and abandoned, and a crack wave swept through the neighborhood, East Lake Meadows became nearly uninhabitable, but residents nonetheless found ways to overcome violence and neglect, raise kids, find work, and create moments of joy.?In the mid-1990s, Atlanta bulldozed East Lake Meadows to make way for new mixed-income housing, as government and philanthropic funds poured into the area in an effort to create a thriving community.

Through the stories of the former residents, East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story gives voice to some of the most marginalized people in our society and raises critical questions about how we have created concentrated poverty and limited housing opportunity for African Americans, and?what responsibility we have as a people to ensure decent housing for our most vulnerable citizens.

Producer: Sarah Burns, David McMahon
Executive Producer: Ken Burns
Production Company: Florentine Films
Production Year: 2019
Copyright Year: 2018
Rating: TV-14
Actors: Nikole Hannah Jones, Jelani Cobb, Kevin Kruse, Lawrence Vale, Douglas Blackmon, Mary Pattillo, Henry Cisneros, Beverly Parks, Aseelah Muhammad, Elgin Lightfoot, Lawrence Lightfoot, Barbara Lightfoot, Latasha All, Guadalupe Woods
Writers: Sarah Burns, David McMahon
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 105 minutes
Subtitled: Y
Subtitle Languages: English (SDH)
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen

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Be R.
Anonymous User
5.0 star rating
07/17/20
Eye opener
Review by Be R. on 07/17/20 review stating Eye opener
This documentary has taught me a lot about segregation in the U.S. and the hypocrisy in American society. American governments and politicians always want to give lesson to other countries; the mainstream media promote to the rest of world how great is the United State and its the leader of the world; while this county is still segregated and many policies are based on racism and discrimination.
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Twin2
Anonymous User
5.0 star rating
07/17/20
Excellent job!
Review by Twin2 on 07/17/20 review stating Excellent job!
My sister did her dissertation in 2015 on Hope VI and the demolition of Atlantas housing projects. This documentary echoed her dissertation on film. I watched it more than once and thought it was very well done.

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Twin2 reviewed East Lake Meadows DVD
5 star rating
Excellent job!
Review by Twin2 review stating Excellent job!
My sister did her dissertation in 2015 on Hope VI and the demolition of Atlantas housing projects. This documentary echoed her dissertation on film. I watched it more than once and thought it was very well done.
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Be R. reviewed East Lake Meadows DVD
5 star rating
Eye opener
Review by Be R. review stating Eye opener
This documentary has taught me a lot about segregation in the U.S. and the hypocrisy in American society. American governments and politicians always want to give lesson to other countries; the mainstream media promote to the rest of world how great is the United State and its the leader of the world; while this county is still segregated and many policies are based on racism and discrimination.

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