Silver Dollar Road

1h 41m
Documentary
7.2

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.

Cast

Mamie Reels Ellison
Self
Kim Renee Duhon
Self
Nate Ellison
Self
Melvin Davis
Self
Gertrude Reels
Self

Crew

Raoul Peck
Director, Writer, Producer
Alexandra Strauss
Editor
Viola Davis
Executive Producer
Julius Tennon
Executive Producer
Stephen Engleberg
Executive Producer
Robin Sparkman
Executive Producer
Almudena Toral
Executive Producer
Lizzie Presser
Executive Producer
Hébert Peck
Producer
Rémi Grellety
Producer
Blair Foster
Producer
Alexei Aigui
Music

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