"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."
Henry Cisneros
as Self
Bill Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
Jelani Cobb
Eva Davis
Willie Harrison
Lawrence Lightfoot
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
David Williams
as Self - Sociologist
Chasity Dixon
Rilene Dixon
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Ken Burns
Producer
Aljernon Tunsil
Editor
Sarah Burns
Director
Executive Producer
Molly Schwartz
Animation
David McMahon
Writer
Stephanie Jenkins
Co-Producer