That World Is Gone

That World Is Gone

Race and Displacement in a Southern Town

0.0 / 100h 21m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: History, Documentary

Status: Released

Director: Hannah Brown Ayers

Website: https://www.fieldstudiofilms.com/that-world-is-gone/