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We Live Here | Season 4

Season 4 of We Live Here spanned April to December 2018.
It was hosted by Kameel Stanley and Tim Lloyd and produced by Alona Sistrunk.



  • Doris Fiddmont Frazier, center, and other parishioners worship at Union Baptist Church, a fixture in Westland Acres. The community, founded by a former enslaved man, has existed for more than 200 years and now finds itself sandwiched between two of the region's wealthiest suburbs while being left out of the benefits of the wealthier, whiter areas.
    Paved Over Histories
    Alona Sistrunk
    Which we often think of gentrification as happening in urban centers. But for generations, there’s been a slow turnover as cities expanded into the suburbs and rural areas. That’s the backstory of Brentwood Promenade, a relatively affluent mall about 15 minutes outside of St. Louis.
  • A gated street in the Central West End neighborhood in St. Louis
    Closed off in the Gateway City
    Alona Sistrunk
    Kameel and Tim trace the legacy of gated communities to modern-day. They find that while the mechanics have changed, the ideas and beliefs that helped build some of the first gated, private streets in the country are hardly a thing of the past.
  • The Segregation Myth-Buster
    Alona Sistrunk
    The truth is, America is segregated because it was designed to be, via a series of purposeful policies and government actions implemented in the past several decades. Richard Rothstein breaks it all down.
  • Latasha Johnson's eviction story sits at the center of a case that could level the playing field between Missouri tenants and landlords at a time where fair and affordable housing is becoming harder to hold onto each year.
    Housing Defenders
    Alona Sistrunk
    Latasha Johnson's eviction case makes it to the state's highest court because of it's importance to tenants' rights.
  • Rosetta Watson moved to Maplewood, Mo. to escape an abusive ex-boyfriend. But when he found her – and subsequently beat her up – Watson called for help. But this kept happening, and town officials took notice. Eventually, they told Watson the police service calls to her home constituted a public nuisance, and as punishment, they kicked her out of town. Watson is now suing the city in federal courts, and she has the backing of local and national legal and housing advocates.
    Nuisance, or Nonsense?
    Alona Sistrunk
    As punishment for police-calls to her home, Rosetta Watson was kicked out of her town. Watson is now suing the city in federal courts, with the backing of local and national legal and housing advocates.
  • We Live Here logo
    It’s Season Four Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Time!
    Kameel Stanley
    Tim and Kameel give you a preview of what is coming in the show’s fourth season, with an extra emphasis on the LIVE HERE part of We Live Here.