Tulsa massacre documentaries offer deep dive into tragedy
Another documentary, “Black Wall Street” is being distributed by Cineflix Productions, but no network has yet picked it up. She pitched her Tulsa massacre documentary to some networks nearly five years ago, but drew no interest because she believes the “gatekeepers” weren’t ready to welcome the story. The Oklahoma native said even her father — who is a pastor in Tulsa — never heard of the massacre until the late 1990s, when the Tulsa Race Riot Commission was formed. She interviewed the descendants of Greenwood residents and business owners in the PBS documentary "Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten," which airs May 31. ___Find AP's full coverage of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre: https://apnews.com/hub/tulsa-race-massacreCopyright 2021 The Associated Press.
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