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Brick by Brick

Movie·1982·0h 33m

Brick by Brick

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

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.

Themes

povertydisplacementurban developmentgentrificationcommunity actionwoman directorracial justice

Production House

UCLA School of Film and Television

Audience Score

83%

3 votes

Skip5%
Timepass11%
Go for it35%
Perfection49%

Where to watch

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// cast

Cast

Lester Wakefield

Narrator

// crew

Crew

Shirikiana Aina

Shirikiana Aina

Director, Writer

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