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Movies That Matter: Banished
February 8, 2007
Credits
Producer: Jeremy Taylor
Synopsis
Sundance 2007
Interview with Director/Producer Marco Williams
Movie: BANISHED [ DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION ]
Banished tells the story of the forcible expulsion of blacks from communities between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. The documentary examines the racial repercussions in contemporary Pierce City, Missouri; Harrison, Arkansas; and Forsyth County, Georgia. Banished was nominated for the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and will air on PBS in 2007.
Documentation
Biography: Marco William is one half of Two Tone Productions. His Freedom Summer (2006) was broadcast as part of the Emmy Award-winning History Channel series Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America.