At a time when some of our country's leaders are attempting to suppress underrepresented narratives in America's schools, it is even more vital for pop culture to embrace visionary stories from our past.
Sepia-toned images and synthesized score cinematize cruelty to amplify the emotional impact of this violence in the Emmy-nominated. Yet, watching History Channel’s two-part documentary , my heart also pounded observing 1990s-era archival footage of elderly massacre survivors recounting their flashbulb memories of this long-lasting trauma. “At 9 years old it was most disturbing because I was asleep,” shares one senior woman on grainy videotape. “My mother awakened me, and she told me to get up.
An explosive action scene can do wonders to vivificate the past, and so can the testimonies and oral histories of those who actually moved through the horror. These dual nonfiction and fictionalized TV depictions work in conjunction not only to resurrect an overlooked historical episode but to distribute the information to millions of people. The legacy of what happened in Tulsa was silenced for nearly a century thanks to hegemonic politics.
At a time when many of our country’s leaders are attempting to restrict the social studies curricula taught in American schools, which include muzzling the accounts of oppressed and excluded peoples in the Black, Native, Latinx, Asian and LGBTQ+ communities, it seems even more vital that television and pop culture continue to embrace this kind of peeled-back story crafting. As such, some of 2020 and 2021’s best TV programs offered visionary retellings of forgotten affairs from the past.
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