Silver Dollar Road

Overview

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.

Director: Raoul Peck

Cast

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Mamie Reels Ellison

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Kim Renee Duhon

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Nate Ellison

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Melvin Davis

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Gertrude Reels

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