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Episode Details: Racist Trees
Racist Trees
Series: Independent Lens
Season: Season 25
Episode Number: 8
Air Date:
Duration: 84 min
Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, California, fights to remove a towering wall of tamarisk trees. The trees form a barrier, believed by some to segregate the community, frustrating residents who regard them as an enduring symbol of racism.
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