Film · Documentary

Racist Trees (2022)

To change the present, sometimes you have to uproot the past

Can a tree be racist? A few years ago, debate on this issue reached as far as Fox News. The focus was a row of tamarisk trees along a huge golf course in Palm Springs, which screened off the neighborhood of Crossley Tract. This is a historically Black neighborhood, named after its founder Lawrence Crossley, who was one of the first Black residents to settle in the largely white tourist paradise, established on indigenous land over a century ago.

Director

Sara Newens, Mina T. Son

Writers

Sara Newens, Joanna Sokolowski

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

November 9, 2022