Emmy Award Winning Director Stanley Nelson Talks ‘Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre’
Director Stanley Nelson discusses his documentary 'Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre,' explaining how the event was systematically covered up and why it remains largely unknown.summaryThe Tulsa Race Massacre was effectively erased from public knowledge through a dual cover-up: Black newspapers were destroyed ('burnt out') and white newspapers refused to report on the violence, leading to its exclusiontakeawayThe film was produced in the shadow of George Floyd's murder and the 2020 Tulsa excavations for mass graves, creating a narrative bridge between the 1921 massacre and contemporary racial justice issues.takeaway
