Independent Lens, Racist Trees

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Sunday, Jan. 28, at 11 PM
Monday, Jan. 29, at 4 AM

Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):

Monday, Jan. 22, at 10 PM
Saturday, Jan. 27, at noon

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.