The Area
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- Follows activist Deborah Payne over five years as she tries to hold her community together and get fair treatment as the Norfolk Southern railroad buys up properties in her South Side Chicago neighborhood.
- Director
- Schalliol, David
- Producer
- Ashby, Brian; Payne, Deborah; Schalliol, David
- Cinematographer
- Schalliol, David
- Editor
- Ashby, Brian
- Production Team
- Scrappers Film Group and Grasshopper Film
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (93 min.) or 1 streaming video (93 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Production Notes
- Broadcast on the PBS television series America ReFramed on Jan. 19, 2021.
- Updated
- 01-29-2025
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