Silver Dollar Road

Silver Dollar Road (2023)

The story of the Reels family who are valiantly attempting to protect the land their family bought one generation after slavery. This documentary, based on the 2019 ProPublica article, highlights the covert ways the legal system has been exploited to keep Black land ownership fragile and the racial wealth gap growing.

Data di uscita
2023-10-13
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (9)
Durata
1 h 41 min
Generi
Documentario
Regista
Raoul Peck

Cast

Curiosità

Silver Dollar Road is a 2023 American documentary film written, directed and co-produced by Raoul Peck, based on the ProPublica article "Kicked Off The Land" by Lizzie Presser. The film follows a water front property passed through generations in the Reels family, becomes subject to harassment by land developers. Viola Davis serves as an executive producer.

Production

Videographers Mayeta Clark and Katie Campbell filmed Lizzie Presser as she reported on the story, resulting in 90 hours of footage. Initially, Raoul Peck was approached by Amazon Studios, JuVee Productions and ProPublica to executive produce the project. Upon reading Lizzie Presser's reporting, Peck decided to direct the film.

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