Racist Trees (2022)

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.

Cast

Self
C Charles Metcalf Jr.
Self
J Jean Metcalf
Self
C Corinne Kennedy
Self
R Rosie Mediano Harmon
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K Kevin Harmon
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A Angela Johnson
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J Janel Hunt
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K Kurt Cyr
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C Cathie Fox
Self
D Donald Archer
Self (archive footage)
Tucker Carlson
Self (archive footage)
Larry Elder
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C Charles Metcalf Sr.
Self
A Andre M. Perry
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T Tyrone Beason
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J Jarvis Crawford
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M Mildred Browne
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R Richard Milanovich
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A Abdullah Salaam
Self (voice)
I Ivory Murrell
Self (voice)
C Cora Crawford
Self (archive footage)
J Janet Zappala
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R Robert Moon
Self
R Ray WIlliams
Self (archive footage)
M Max Rodriguez
Self
B Brooke Beare
Self
K Kris Long
Self
S Suzan Felando
Self
K Kevin Williams
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T Trae Daniel
Self (archive footage)
G Ginny Foat
Self (archive footage)
D David Ready
Self
J J.R. Roberts
Self (archive footage)
M Marcus Fuller

Crew

Director
S Sara Newens
Director
M Mina T. Son
Producer
J Joanna Sokolowski
Producer
S Sara Newens
Producer
M Mina T. Son
Executive Producer
E Endyia Kinney-Sterns
Executive Producer
S Steve Sarowitz
Co-Producer
Justin Baldoni
Co-Producer
A Andrew Calof
Director of Photography
J Jerry Henry
Editor
J Jenn Harper
Editor
S Sara Newens
Writer
S Sara Newens
Writer
J Joanna Sokolowski
Executive Producer
John Legend
Executive Producer
M Mike Jackson
Executive Producer
Ty Stiklorius
Co-Executive Producer
C Courtney Parker
Original Music Composer
W William Ryan Fritch