Silver Dollar Road (2023)
1h 41m
Running Time
October 13, 2023Release Date
Silver Dollar Road (2023)
1h 41m
Running Time
October 13, 2023Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Silver Dollar Road is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Prime Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Mamie Reels Ellison
Self
Kim Renee Duhon
Self
Melvin Davis
Self - Gertrude's Son
Gertrude Reels
Self
Viola Davis
Executive Producer
Nate Ellison
Self - Melvin's Grandnephew
Julius Tennon
Executive Producer
Raoul Peck
Director
Almudena Toral
Executive Producer
Lizzie Presser
Writer
Blair Foster
Producer
Stephen Engleberg
Executive Producer
Rémi Grellety
Producer
Robin Sparkman
Executive Producer
Hébert Peck
Producer
Alexey Aygi
Composer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Silver Dollar Road is a 2023 American documentary film written, directed and co-produced by Raoul Peck, based on the ProPublica (in collaboration with The New Yorker) article "Kicked Off The Land" by Lizzie Presser. The film follows a water front property passed through generations in the Reels family, becomes subject to harassment by land developers. Viola Davis serves as an executive producer.
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, and was given a limited theatrical release on October 13, 2023, by Amazon MGM Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video on October 20, 2023.