Brick by Brick
1982•33m•8.3•Released
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
Writer
Shirikiana Aina
Languages
English
Studio
UCLA School of Film and Television
Cast
Lester Wakefield
Narrator
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