Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Tulsa : the fire and the forgotten : a centennial exploration of the 1921 race massacre / a production of Saybrook Productions Ltd. in association with the WNET Group ; WNET Thirteen ; produced and directed by Jonathan Silvers ; produced and reported by DeNeen L. Brown ; produced by Eric Stover.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2021]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (approx. 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Region 1

Summary:

One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, residents and descendants examine the history of the 1921 tragedy and its aftermath. Through the historical lens of white violence and Black resistance, the film explores vital issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14 (this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age).

Subjects:

Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921.

African Americans -- Violence against -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century.

Racism -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century.

Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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