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From the Ground Up

Yoav Potash's first documentary film follows UC Berkeley students who rebuilt burned-down African-American churches in Alabama in 1997. Funded by KQED, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. Broadcast on KQED, and distributed nationally by PBS Adult Learning Service.

(available for purchase on DVD)