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Uprooted(2023)
Status: Released
Date: 2023-12-09
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Time: 0h 25m
Overview:
Short documentary examining a Black community’s decades-long battle to hold onto their land as city officials wielded eminent domain to establish and expand Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism
WHRO
Movie: Uprooted
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