| PBS | Season Premiere Date: May 31, 2021 |
Summary:
The documentary narrated by Michel Martin and directed by Jonathan Silvers looks at the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre, and recent events that include the search and excavation for the mass graves of the victims, the killing of Terence Crutcher in 2016, and Black Lives Matter protests.
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Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary, Events & Specials
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RogerEbert.com
Jun 1, 2021
Jun 1, 2021
Contextualizing this central event while diagnosing the modern manifestation of a chronic national sickness, The Fire and the Forgotten can be understandably unfocused as it tries to do so much in its 90 minutes. ... Its dedication to the Massacre on a journalistic, human level makes the documentary a worthy look at the burning of Black Wall Street.
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Jun 1, 2021
It spends a little less time on the past and more on the continuing issues of race in Tulsa, including educational disparities and the protests following the police killing of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man, in 2016. In the nature of the contemporary newspaper feature, it’s a touch sanctimonious.
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Air Date: May 31, 2021
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