Independent Lens

Independent Lens

Racist Trees (25x8)


Air date: Jan 22, 2024

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.

  • Premiered: Aug 1999
  • Episodes: 543
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  • Running
  • PBS
  • Monday at 22