Overview
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.
Production
Wild Pair Films · Wayfarer Studios
Cast & Characters
Charles Metcalf Jr.
Self
Jean Metcalf
Self
Charles Metcalf Sr.
Self
Ray WIlliams
Self
Kevin Williams
Self
Trae Daniel
Self
Ginny Foat
Self (archive footage)
David Ready
Self (archive footage)
J.R. Roberts
Self
Marcus Fuller
Self (archive footage)
Corinne Kennedy
Self
Rosie Mediano Harmon
Self
Directors & Crew
Sara Newens
Director
Mina T. Son
Producer
Mina T. Son
Director
Sara Newens
Producer
Joanna Sokolowski
Producer
Joanna Sokolowski
Writer
Screenshots & Stills
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