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Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.

Director

Salima Koroma

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Production

CNN Films,The SpringHill Company

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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https://www.cnn.com/shows/dreamland-cnn-films

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{\an8}♪♪ - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Greenwood was like putting
Harlem, Bourbon Street, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Greenwood was like putting Harlem, Bourbon Street,

{\an8}They were hastily trying
to get rid of the bodies - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies

- We have Tulsans of
an undermined number - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- We have Tulsans of an undermined number

[radio tuning] - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

There was a strong
Black community in Tulsa - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

There was a strong Black community in Tulsa

And I imagine they were
having a great time! - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

And I imagine they were having a great time!

Hiding the truth, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Hiding the truth,

- What's keeping Tulsa
from being - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- What's keeping Tulsa from being

In the late 1990s
when Senator Maxine Horner - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

In the late 1990s when Senator Maxine Horner

- You know, our ancestors
literally make up - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- You know, our ancestors literally make up

How can I tap into
his or her brilliance, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

How can I tap into his or her brilliance,

- The city deputized
a lot of white men - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The city deputized a lot of white men

- The story here is
a story about people. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The story here is a story about people.

♪ Java man
he made a life ♪ - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

♪ Java man he made a life ♪

The United States government
forced the Tribes - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

The United States government forced the Tribes

The green area are
the allotments of the Freedmen. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

The green area are the allotments of the Freedmen.

- As a descendent of
a Creek Freedmen, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- As a descendent of a Creek Freedmen,

- Land meant rebirth. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Land meant rebirth.

- It was the promised land
for a lot of people - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- It was the promised land for a lot of people

- Freedman had all of
this land with mineral rights - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Freedman had all of this land with mineral rights

- We put ourselves
in Oklahoma, 1906. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- We put ourselves in Oklahoma, 1906.

The weather is beautiful. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

The weather is beautiful.

And I strongly believe
at one time - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

And I strongly believe at one time

Make a left
at the light. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Make a left at the light.

Greenwood's much larger
to the south, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Greenwood's much larger to the south,

{\an8}- Every time somebody comes back
every other 20 years, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- Every time somebody comes back every other 20 years,

{\an8}- I've been ownin'
Blow Out Hair Studio - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- I've been ownin' Blow Out Hair Studio

The Greenwood District
was Black Main Street. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

The Greenwood District was Black Main Street.

- You have the offices
of African American lawyers. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- You have the offices of African American lawyers.

You have a Black
segregated community - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

You have a Black segregated community

- There was so much money
in Tulsa these days, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- There was so much money in Tulsa these days,

- The only reason that
Black Wall Street existed - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The only reason that Black Wall Street existed

- The vast majority
of people - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The vast majority of people

They would collect their
paycheck at the end of the week - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

They would collect their paycheck at the end of the week

You know, in Tulsa,
like in other southern cities, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

You know, in Tulsa, like in other southern cities,

But they can shop
in their own neighborhoods. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

But they can shop in their own neighborhoods.

- And it was successful
because they were supported - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- And it was successful because they were supported

- So, there's people that
are living all different lives - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- So, there's people that are living all different live...

{\an8}and I'd recognized
the importance that it had, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}and I'd recognized the importance that it had,

- J.B. Stradford built
the Stradford Hotel. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- J.B. Stradford built the Stradford Hotel.

A train stopping
on a Friday night - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

A train stopping on a Friday night

- The church life in those
days were very strong - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The church life in those days were very strong

- When thinking about Tulsa - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- When thinking about Tulsa

- Lynching is a form of
domestic terrorism - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Lynching is a form of domestic terrorism

That there would be such
a film like "Birth of a Nation" - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

That there would be such a film like "Birth of a Nation...

Black people were-
were portrayed - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Black people were- were portrayed

...the Ku Klux Klan
as heroes. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

...the Ku Klux Klan as heroes.

- The film became,
uh, you know, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The film became, uh, you know,

President Woodrow Wilson
endorsed it. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

President Woodrow Wilson endorsed it.

It certainly validated
these ideas. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

It certainly validated these ideas.

- How do you survive
if you're a Black person - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- How do you survive if you're a Black person

But what they come home to
is, again, more Jim Crow laws, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

But what they come home to is, again, more Jim Crow laws,

...that really fomented - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

...that really fomented

- Many years ago,
I was at a cemetery. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Many years ago, I was at a cemetery.

And I heard
this strange noise. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

And I heard this strange noise.

That's when I saw
a flock of redbirds - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

That's when I saw a flock of redbirds

I thought that was
unusual. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

I thought that was unusual.

- Clyde Eddy took some
of the same steps today - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Clyde Eddy took some of the same steps today

- So many people have said
there were no bodies there. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- So many people have said there were no bodies there.

- We have to pay attention, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- We have to pay attention,

{\an8}- May 30th could have happened
at any point in time - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- May 30th could have happened at any point in time

He's at work
on Memorial Day, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

He's at work on Memorial Day,

- There's not
a restroom facility - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- There's not a restroom facility

{\an8}Something happens when
he enters the elevator. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}Something happens when he enters the elevator.

- As the evening starts
to fall, May 31st, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- As the evening starts to fall, May 31st,

Looting... - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- People are taking
shelter in their homes - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- People are taking shelter in their homes

{\an8}- On the evening
of May 31st, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- On the evening of May 31st,

{\an8}- I was so afraid, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- I was so afraid,

- They're shooting people
on sight, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- They're shooting people on sight,

Black men put up
a vigorous, robust defense. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Black men put up a vigorous, robust defense.

They called it
off abruptly - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

They called it off abruptly

- Our effort got
caught up in politics. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Our effort got caught up in politics.

- For some people it's like, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- For some people it's like,

Years later,
a local journalist-- - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Years later, a local journalist--

This is a historic day
for Tulsa and for our country - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

This is a historic day for Tulsa and for our country

The initial excavation will
be focused on a location - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

The initial excavation will be focused on a location

- The search turned up
many old artifacts, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- The search turned up many old artifacts,

There is a-a heavy weight
of responsibility - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

There is a-a heavy weight of responsibility

- Sometimes stuff just makes
you want to just give up, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- Sometimes stuff just makes you want to just give up,

- There's all kinds
of good things - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- There's all kinds of good things

{\an8}- One of the things that
people don't generally know - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- One of the things that people don't generally k...

But by the 1960s, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

But by the 1960s,

- There is this idea that
Greenwood was destroyed in 1921, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

- There is this idea that Greenwood was destroyed in 1921,

And South Tulsa you have
predominantly white community. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

And South Tulsa you have predominantly white community.

I started to notice
buildings looked different, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

I started to notice buildings looked different,

Wow, there's
a whole 'nother world - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Wow, there's a whole 'nother world

We've already
experienced dislocation, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

We've already experienced dislocation,

{\an8}- The people who have lived in
an urban center for many years - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

{\an8}- The people who have lived in an urban center for man...

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This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.

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Director: Salima Koroma

Writer: N/A

Production: CNN Films,The SpringHill Company

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 31 May 2021

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.cnn.com/shows/dreamland-cnn-films