Poster for East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020)

★ 7.5/10 104 min Documentary United States English

Directors: David McMahon , Sarah Burns

Writers: Sarah Burns, David McMahon

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Description

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.

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Top 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)