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Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 30, 2021

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre

Production Companies

Blackfin, History

Director

Stanley Nelson

Description

Executive produced by NBA superstar and philanthropist Russell Westbrook, and directed by Peabody and Emmy-Award® winning director Stanley Nelson (“Freedom Riders”) and Peabody and duPont-Award winner Marco Williams (“Two Towns of Jasper”), the documentary commemorates the 100th anniversary of the horrific Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history, and calls attention to the previously ignored but necessary repair of a town once devastated.