“Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten” will premiere Monday, May 31 on PBS, the network announced Tuesday. The documentary explores the tragedy which unfolded over 24 hours, while linking the horrific incident to the history of anti-Black violence — including the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 — and Black resilience.
“The reason that we embarked on this film was to expose a buried truth, both literally and figuratively, in the suppression of the history of the massacre, and the injustice done, not merely to the victims and survivors, but to the generations that followed,” said Jonathan Silver, who directed the documentary, during the PBS virtual panel. “It was deeply shameful to me as a human rights journalist to learn about this massacre only two years ago. Our goal here is not only to build awareness that leads to change, but to see that change happen in the short term,...
“The reason that we embarked on this film was to expose a buried truth, both literally and figuratively, in the suppression of the history of the massacre, and the injustice done, not merely to the victims and survivors, but to the generations that followed,” said Jonathan Silver, who directed the documentary, during the PBS virtual panel. “It was deeply shameful to me as a human rights journalist to learn about this massacre only two years ago. Our goal here is not only to build awareness that leads to change, but to see that change happen in the short term,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
On Sunday, John Oliver continued to report from his white void for the latest episode of Last Week Tonight which kicked off with addressing the strides and progress that have been made from the last few weeks of Black Lives Matter protests that have stemmed from the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the long list of deaths of Black men and women as a result of racism.
Oliver went down the list of what the current movement has acheived such as the cancelation of Cops and how Sesame Street and CNN teamed for a town hall about racism for children — a town hall that was not liked by Fox News’s Tucker Carlson, who Oliver called a “one-man homeowners association.”
In addition, the Minneapolis city council has moved to disband the city’s police force while New York has criminalized chokeholds and is set to make police officers’ disciplinary records public.
Oliver went down the list of what the current movement has acheived such as the cancelation of Cops and how Sesame Street and CNN teamed for a town hall about racism for children — a town hall that was not liked by Fox News’s Tucker Carlson, who Oliver called a “one-man homeowners association.”
In addition, the Minneapolis city council has moved to disband the city’s police force while New York has criminalized chokeholds and is set to make police officers’ disciplinary records public.
- 6/15/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to the latest installment in a brand-new series here on Nerdly, Terrible Terror, in which we highlight some of, what we think, are the Worst horror movies to have ever burnt my retina with their atrociousness. Up this time is The Paranormal Incident – a found-footage hospital horror that was first released back in 2012.
Stars: Amanda Barton, Keith Compton, Thomas Downey, Brett Edwards, Oliver Rayon, Derrick Scott, Sabrina Villalobos | Written by Matthew Bolton, Chris W. Freeman | Directed by Matthew Bolton
The infamous Odenbrook Sanitarium closed after a mass suicide occurred within its walls. Sixty years later, six college students armed with cameras and recording equipment venture into the asylum to prove the existence of the paranormal. Thrills turn into nightmares as members of the group go missing without a sound, cell phones mysteriously vanish, corridors turn into mazes, walls appear where doors once stood, flashlights fail and something or someone begins toying with the group.
Stars: Amanda Barton, Keith Compton, Thomas Downey, Brett Edwards, Oliver Rayon, Derrick Scott, Sabrina Villalobos | Written by Matthew Bolton, Chris W. Freeman | Directed by Matthew Bolton
The infamous Odenbrook Sanitarium closed after a mass suicide occurred within its walls. Sixty years later, six college students armed with cameras and recording equipment venture into the asylum to prove the existence of the paranormal. Thrills turn into nightmares as members of the group go missing without a sound, cell phones mysteriously vanish, corridors turn into mazes, walls appear where doors once stood, flashlights fail and something or someone begins toying with the group.
- 6/19/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Paranormal Incident
Stars: Amanda Barton, Keith Compton, Thomas Downey, Brett Edwards, Oliver Rayon, Derrick Scott, Sabrina Villalobos | Written by Matthew Bolton, Chris W. Freeman | Directed by Matthew Bolton
The infamous Odenbrook Sanitarium closed after a mass suicide occurred within its walls. Sixty years later, six college students armed with cameras and recording equipment venture into the asylum to prove the existence of the paranormal. Thrills turn into nightmares as members of the group go missing without a sound, cell phones mysteriously vanish, corridors turn into mazes, walls appear where doors once stood, flashlights fail and something or someone begins toying with the group. Days later, when five of the six friends turn up missing, the lone survivor must go through the recovered footage in order to clear his name and find out what happened to his friends.
Christ, not another found footage film… That was my initial reaction as...
Stars: Amanda Barton, Keith Compton, Thomas Downey, Brett Edwards, Oliver Rayon, Derrick Scott, Sabrina Villalobos | Written by Matthew Bolton, Chris W. Freeman | Directed by Matthew Bolton
The infamous Odenbrook Sanitarium closed after a mass suicide occurred within its walls. Sixty years later, six college students armed with cameras and recording equipment venture into the asylum to prove the existence of the paranormal. Thrills turn into nightmares as members of the group go missing without a sound, cell phones mysteriously vanish, corridors turn into mazes, walls appear where doors once stood, flashlights fail and something or someone begins toying with the group. Days later, when five of the six friends turn up missing, the lone survivor must go through the recovered footage in order to clear his name and find out what happened to his friends.
Christ, not another found footage film… That was my initial reaction as...
- 7/21/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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