That World Is Gone

That World Is Gone

Race and Displacement in a Southern Town

Summary

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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Production Scot French Producer
Directing Hannah Brown Ayers Director
Directing Lance Warren Director