East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

104 mins | Documentary | March 24, 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.

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

104 mins | Documentary | March 24, 2020

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
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.
Producers Public Broadcasting Service, Florentine Films
Original title East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Directors David McMahon, Sarah Burns
Writers David McMahon, Sarah Burns

Cast

Henry Cisneros

as Self

Bill Clinton

as Self (archive footage)

Jelani Cobb

as Self

Eva Davis

as Self (archive footage)

Willie Harrison

as Self

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

David Williams

as Self - Sociologist

Chasity Dixon

as Self

Rilene Dixon

as Self