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Brick by Brick

1982-01-01
8.5
en 33m
Documentary
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.

Director

Shirikiana Aina

Cinematography

Ellen Sumter

Cinematography

Norma Blalock

Sound

Alonzo Speight

Sound

Lary Moten

Assistant Camera

Myoshi Smith

poverty displacement urban development gentrification community action woman director racial justice

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • UCLA School of Film and Television