OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Trailblazer Studios have teamed up for the OWN Spotlight event
The Legacy of Black Wall Street.
The two-part special will premiere on non-fiction streamer Discovery+ June 1 and June 8, in addition to broadcasting on OWN at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The Legacy of Black Wall Street tracks the rise of Black Wall Street in Oklahoma’s Greenwood District up until the tragic 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed the 36-block booming business epicenter.
The special tells the story through the lives of five individuals who were there in the early 1900s: Loula Williams, Augusta Stradford, Dr. Andrew C Jackson, Drusilla Dunjee Houston and A.J. Smitherman.
OWN two-part special to honor pioneers of Black Wall Street
Exclusive: The special is set to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Per a recent announcement,
OWN is set to air a two-part special honoring the pioneers of Black Wall Street, shedding light on an area of Black history often neglected in mainstream media.
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Oprah Winfrey Network has announced a new two-part series set to debut in June. Honoring the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,
The Legacy of Black Wall Street, “tracks the rise of Black Wall Street in Oklahoma’s Greenwood District up until the tragic 1921 Tulsa race massacre that destroyed the 36-block booming business epicenter.” The special is set to follow the Black pioneers who went out West 100 years ago and connect them to Black pioneers of today who are currently residing in Greenwood.
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National Geographic Documentary Films Partners with Acclaimed Director Dawn Porter 100 Years After the Tulsa Massacre
In Search of Justice and Peace
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Documentary Films is partnering with acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter ( The Way I See It, Good Trouble: John Lewis ) and Trailblazer Studios on a feature documentary that sheds new light on a century-old period of intense racial conflict. RISE AGAIN: TULSA AND THE RED SUMMER comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of hundreds of Black people and leaving thousands homeless and displaced. The film will premiere on National Geographic on Friday, June 18, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It will also be available to stream on Hulu the next day, Saturday, June 19, commemorating Juneteenth, when the last enslaved Black people in Texas received news of their emancipation, and will air globally in 172 countries and 43 languages.
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street hails from CNN, with documentary filmmaker Salima Koroma writing and directing the film that celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the district.
As present-day Tulsa seeks reconciliation and accountability for the tragedy, Koroma’s film blends archival media, animation, narrated letters and diary entries, as well as contemporary interviews.
Dreamland also examines the findings of the current archaeological search for mass graves.
Dreamland is executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron for The SpringHill Company. Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton EP for CNN Films.
Fremantle has acquired the international distribution rights to the film.