Banished (film)
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Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America | |
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Directed by | Marco Williams |
Produced by | Marco Williams Maia Harris |
Music by | David Murray |
Running time | USA:87 min |
Language | English |
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IMDb profile |
Banished is a documentary film about four U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction America. In incidents which took place in Texas, Missouri, Georgia and Indiana between 1886 and 1923. Banished was screened in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- BANISHED site for Independent Lens on PBS
- Marco Williams interview at Urbanworld Film Festival