Brick by Brick (1982)

01/01/1982 (US) • Documentary • 33m

Overview

A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrification, the systematic expulsion of poor Black residents, and the community response in the form of the Seaton Street Project, in which tenants banded together to purchase buildings.

Brick by Brick (1982)

01/01/1982 (US) • 33m

Documentary

Overview

A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrification, the systematic expulsion of poor Black residents, and the community response in the form of the Seaton Street Project, in which tenants banded together to purchase buildings.

Top Billed Cast

Lester Wakefield

Narrator

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

poverty

displacement

urban development

gentrification

community action

woman director

racial justice

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