Williamsburg Regional Library

Spanish Lake

eng

videorecording

Spanish Lake

1029876581

Originally produced by Under the Milky Way in 2014

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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

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