Racist Trees (2022)
To change the present, sometimes you have to uproot the past
2022 · 1h 24m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Sara Newens, Mina T. Son
Writers: Sara Newens, Joanna Sokolowski
Music by: William Ryan Fritch
Cinematography: Jerry Henry
Editor: Sara Newens, Jenn Harper
Cast
Charles Metcalf Jr. as SelfJean Metcalf as SelfCharles Metcalf Sr. as SelfRay WIlliams as SelfKevin Williams as SelfTrae Daniel as SelfGinny Foat as Self (archive footage)David Ready as Self (archive footage)J.R. Roberts as SelfMarcus Fuller as Self (archive footage)Corinne Kennedy as SelfRosie Mediano Harmon as SelfMore like this
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