East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

About East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

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.

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story is a 2020 documentary film directed by David McMahon and Sarah Burns. Released in March 2020, it runs 104 minutes.

Henry Cisneros stars as Self, Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage), Jelani Cobb as Self, and Eva Davis as Self (archive footage). The screenplay is by David McMahon and Sarah Burns. Produced by Florentine Films. In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel and WETA+.