The 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre is coming soon to a TV near you.
Oklahomans will be able to tune into at least five new documentaries that will be televised to coincide with the upcoming centennial of the 1921 tragedy.
For those who prefer to take in history through fantastical fiction, two series streaming on HBO Max offer opportunities to see a recreation of some of the darkest days in Oklahoma s complicated history.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents attacked, set aflame and ultimately devastated the Greenwood District, which was at that time one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, earning it the name Black Wall Street.
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Trailblazer pushes into podcasts
US prodco Trailblazer Studios, known for its factual formats, has moved into producing podcasts about sport, social justice and true crime that can be adapted for TV.
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Its first podcast, American Sport, premieres on April 21 and reviews how sport has become ingrained in the US identity. It was developed by Matt Andrews, with Katye Rone and Trailblazer president and chief operating officer Jeff Lanter as exec producers.
Trailblazer plans to turn all of its podcasts, which are available on platforms including Apple and Spotify, into TV formats.
The company has been diversifying its output already this year. In January, it formed a partnership with news agency Reuters to adapt its investigation The Body Trade for TV.
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Award-Winning Journalist DeNeen Brown Spearheads Investigation of Mass Grave in Oklahoma, Chronicling Early 20
th Century’s Reign of Racial Terror and Legacy of Violence in Two-Hour Special to Premiere on
National Geographic in June 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced it 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.
RED SUMMER (working title) comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of as many as 300 Black people and left as many as 10,000 homeless and displaced. The film will premiere in June on National Geographic, commemorating Juneteenth when the last Black slaves in the U.S. heard of their emancipation, and will air globally in 172 countries and 43 languages.