That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town

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That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town (2010)

Directed by Hannah Brown Ayers, Lance Warren

History, Documentary · 21m

Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, and her block was empty. Federally-funded urban renewal had arrived in Charlottesville, scattering dozens of families like Kathy's. The once-vibrant African American community, built by formerly enslaved men and women who had secured a long-denied piece of the American dream, disappeared.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Hannah Brown Ayers, Lance Warren
Producer
Scot French

Details

Release date
2010-11-04
Runtime
21m
Genres
History, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Production
Field Studio