The read
It runs a compact 33m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB8.3/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Shirikiana AinaDirector
- Shirikiana AinaWriter
Cast
- Lester WakefieldNarrator
Themes
povertydisplacementurban developmentgentrificationcommunity actionwoman directorracial justice