For All People, For All Time (1984)

Overview : Mark and Dan Jury document the gradual demise of a community nestled within the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, as the National Park Service works to acquire the land of ~500 residents in order to establish a National Park. After initially being told only a handful of houses would be taken, residents are shocked by hundreds of homes and businesses being bought up, boarded up, and posted No Trespassing - and by the homes of the politically connected being spared. Significant portions of this film appeared in the PBS FRONTLINE episode For the Good of All.

Release Date : January 1, 1984

Runtime : 76m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Valley FilmWorks

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : small town, national park, land rights, eminent domain, cultural preservation, property rights