Spanish Lake [efilm]
2018
Streaming Video
A bold and uncompromising documentary focused on economic oppression in the suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. Operating without a local government, the lack of community leadership has disastrous effects, including a mass exodus of the white population in the late 1990's.. The themes of the film parallel America's growing political divide, underlying racism, and rise of anti-government sentiment. Highlighted in the film is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case from 1971, spearheaded by then HUD Secretary George Romney, which changed the course of public housing for the nation.. "Spanish Lake offers an instructive look at the forces that have shaped a single troubled community - economically, racially and otherwise." - Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post. "A timely documentary taking a sobering look at life along the color line in an idyllic Missouri community located near Ferguson where life was irreversibly altered by integration followed by white flight." - Kam Williams, Baret News
Main title:
Author:
Under the Milky Way (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Work:
Imprint:
Under the Milky Way, 2014.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Under the Milky Way in 2014.In English
Performers:
Raphael Bostic, Gerald Ford, Hookman
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Index terms:
Ethnicity
BRN:
541747
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