”Building Atlanta: The Story of Herman J. Russell," was selected to be in the 2020 BronzeLens Film Festival August 11-16, 2020. An Autobiography Altered to be a Documentary about Race and Building Foundations!

Written by Stephanie T.

I have yet to see the documentary Building Atlanta: The Story of Herman J. Russell.    Yet, I have read about the company, H.J. Russell & Company in a magazine. The company's website is hjrussell.com.  Mister Herman Russell was the Michael Jordan of construction. 

 Building Atlanta: The Story of Herman J. Russell,  was selected to be in the 2020 BronzeLens Film Festival August 11-16, 2020.  The Atlanta, GA Patch reported that the documentary won a Silver Telly Award in the 41st annual competition for general documentary.  A construction company, H.J. Russell, provides "development, construction, program management, and property management" services stated their website. Henry Russell "served as the first African American member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,"stated Wikipedia.  His autobiography is titled: Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire by Herman J. Russell, Bob Andelman, Andrew Young (Introduction).

Mister Herman Russell founded the largest minority-owned real estate and construction company in the United States shared Wikipedia. 

Purchase a copy of the book Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire by Herman J. Russell, Bob Andelman, Andrew Young (Introduction) on Barnes and Noble's website:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/building-atlanta-herman-j-russell/1117219432?ean=9780912777849