poverty,displacement,urban development,gentrification,community action,woman director,racial justice

Brick by Brick (1982)

Poster for Brick by Brick

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Shirikiana Aina

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Keywords

  • poverty
  • displacement
  • urban development
  • gentrification
  • community action
  • woman director
  • racial justice