Brick by Brick

Brick by Brick (1982)

January 1st, 19820h 33min

Documentary
85%

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.


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