Silver Dollar Road

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Silver Dollar Road retrace l'histoire des Reels, une famille qui tente vaillamment de protéger la terre qui leur appartient depuis la fin de l'esclavage. Basé sur l'article de ProPublica de 2019, ce documentaire met en lumière l'exploitation du système juridique qui fragilise l'accès à la propriété immobilière pour les noirs et accroit les inégalités financières entre groupes ethniques.

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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

00:30That property was so valuable, and not from a monetary standpoint, but valuable because of the history.

00:37The first owner of the property, he was born in slavery times.

00:41My great-grandfather died without a living will.

00:44Before he died, he said, whatever you do, don't let the white man have my land.

00:52Okay, yeah, this is our beach. This is our land.

00:56This is our water, our club, everything.

00:58This is our land. This is our land.

01:02This is our club, our space, anything.

01:05There's word of a part of the property being sold to someone else that the family had no knowledge of.

01:11We was getting threats.

01:14It came down and put eviction notice on a lot of Curtis and Melvin houses.

01:19My Uncle Melvin told me, I need your help.

01:22If they're saying, we have to sign our rights away or go to jail, I'm going to jail.

01:28It was heartbreaking to see them chained.

01:32I ran in at 52 and come out at 61.

01:37It took the best years of my life.

01:39We fight in power.

01:43We fight in money.

01:44What are you doing?

01:46They really wanted this land.

01:48Can't you see that you're breaking?

01:50If you clear out Silver Dollar Road, what you going to do with us?

01:53What you going to do with poor people?

01:55Period.

01:55The family can shop from the rooftops.

02:01The truth.

02:03No problem.

02:03Listen to them.

02:06This is ours.

02:09Our ancestors left this here for us.

02:13All of this is what you're fighting for.

02:15You're fighting for us.

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