Cast and Crew of East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Cast of
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.

Full Cast of East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Henry Cisneros
plays Self

Eva Davis
plays Self (archive footage)

Willie Harrison
plays Self

Lawrence Lightfoot
plays Self

Ronald Reagan
plays Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)

About Ronald Reagan

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
plays Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)

About Franklin D. Roosevelt

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David Williams
plays Self - Sociologist

Chasity Dixon
plays Self

Rilene Dixon
plays Self

Crew of East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Production

Ken Burns
Producer , Executive Producer

Sarah Burns
Producer

David McMahon
Producer

Stephanie Jenkins
Co-Producer

Directing

Sarah Burns
Director

David McMahon
Director

Writing

Sarah Burns
Writer

David McMahon
Writer

Editing

Aljernon Tunsil
Editor

Visual Effects

Molly Schwartz
Animation