''Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America '' is a 2007 documentary film about four of the U.S. cities which violently expelled
African-American
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families in post-
Reconstruction
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America. The film depicts incidents in
Texas
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,
Missouri
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,
Georgia, and
Indiana
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that occurred between 1886 and 1923. ''Banished'' was screened in competition at the
2007 Sundance Film Festival
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.
See also
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Mass racial violence in the United States
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Nadir of American race relations
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Rosewood massacre
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Rosewood''
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Sundown town
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Tulsa Race Riot
References
External links
''Banished: American Ethnic Cleansings''at
PopMatters
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''Banished''a
Working Films''Banished''site for
Independent Lens
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on
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2007 films
American documentary films
Racially motivated violence against African Americans
Riots and civil disorder in the United States
History of African-American civil rights
Documentary films about racism in the United States
Documentary films about African Americans
2007 documentary films
Documentary films about United States history
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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