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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, October 13, 2023 20 By Caroline Collacutt TV Media Harrowed Household: From director Raoul Peck ("I Am Not Your Negro," 2016), the 2023 documentary "Silver Dollar Road" premieres Friday, Oct. 20, on Prime Video. Having premiered at the To- ronto International Film Festival earlier this year in September, this documentary draws upon reporting done by Lizzie Presser for the nonprofit organization ProPublica, following one Black family's battle to save the land they've owned for generations. Reels family members have in- habited their waterfront proper- ty for over 100 years, but as the property-hungry land develop- ers began to endlessly harass them, the once-picturesque homestead became a symbol for the ever-growing wealth and racial discrepancies across the county. "More than a century ago, a generation removed from slav- ery, the Reels family acquired a 65-acre plot of coastal land in North Carolina," a recent article by Vanity Fair shares. "They built it up over generations into a ha- ven for Black Americans in the South, a welcoming and safe community rich with outdoor resources and social activities. ... Anchored by Silver Dollar Road, a bustling residential street that ran through the middle of the plot, the land was designated low value at sale, but that changed with consistent invest- ments, the beautiful waterfront homes and surrounding nature. With that came interest from white developers, and with that came a cruel exploitation of tenuous existing legal protec- tions for ancestral holdings." Produced by Peck, Remi Grel- lety ("The Young Karl Marx," 2017), Blair Foster ("Taxi to the Dark Side," 2007) and Herbert Peck ("Fatal Assistance," 2013), with executive producers Viola Davis ("The Woman King," 2022), Julius Tennon ("Dazed and Confused," 1993), Rob Wil- liams ("The Man in the High Castle"), Lizzie Presser ("Baby God," 2020) and Almudena Toral ("Seeking Asylum in Mexi- co: A Family Divided," 2017), Peck's poignant 2023 documen- tary, "Silver Dollar Road," makes its streaming debut Fri- day, Oct. 20, on Prime Video. realtalk The Reels family from "Silver Dollar Road" The Pine Shop 6x7.5 NEW ARRIVALS! AMISH HARDWOOD DINING ROOM SETS. Mon. - Fri. 9-5:30, Sat. 9-5 Upholstered, Finished, Unfinished Real Wood Furniture • Finishings Available 5382 St. Hwy. 7 • Oneonta • (607) 432-1124 thepineshoponeonta.com 10% TO 25% OFF TABLE & CHAIR SETS 30% OFF POLY-LUMBER OUTDOOR FURNITURE ORECK VACUUM SALES & SERVICE BAGS AND BELTS FOR MANY OTHER BRANDS OLD VILLAGE COLONIAL PAINTS

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