D. Cupples | In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the
Fair Housing Act, documentary film -- Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story -- will close the US
Housing and Urban Development Policy Conference in Atlanta on April 11, 2008.
Having watched it on DVD, I'm not surprised that the film has been generating so much interest. Bill Kavanagh, Brick by Brick's director, commented:
"I hoped a film could explore how and why communities evade federal laws designed to end housing discrimination. For years, the city of Yonkers, New York had done this— and by studying its history, I thought a film could illustrate the political mechanics of housing discrimination and the often-related educational segregation that follows it."
If you can't make the Atlanta screening, you can order the DVD here and see the screenings schedule here.
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