Racist Trees (2022)
To change the present, sometimes you have to uproot the past
88 min
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.
- Release date
- November 9, 2022
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Charles Metcalf Jr. as Self - Crossley Tract Resident
- Charles Metcalf Sr. as Self - Original Crossley Tract Resident
- Jean Metcalf as Self - Original Crossley Tract Resident
- Ray Williams as Self - Original Crossley Tract Resident
- Callie Williams as Self - Original Crossley Tract Resident
- Kevin Williams as Self - Host
- Trae Daniel as Self - Crossley Tract Resident
- J.R. Roberts as Self - Mayor Pro Tem, Palm Springs, CA
- David Ready as Self - City Manager, Palm Springs, CA
Crew
- Ginny Foat · Archive footage
- Sara Newens · Director
- Mina T. Son · Director
- Sara Newens · Writer
- Joanna Sokolowski · Writer
- Justin Baldoni · Producer
- Andrew Calof · Producer
- Sara Newens · Producer
- Joanna Sokolowski · Producer
- William Ryan Fritch · Composer
- Jerry Henry · Cinematographer
- Sara Newens · Editor