Tulsa Massacre Doc From 'Good Trouble' Director Set at Nat Geo (Exclusive)
National Geographic/Christopher Creese
'Red Summer' will look back at the 1921 mass murder and follow the search for possible mass graves in the city.
National Geographic will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre with a feature documentary.
The film,
Red Summer, comes from acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter (
John Lewis: Good Trouble, Gideon's Army). It aims to shed light on the historical forces that led to the killing of as many as 300 Black residents and the razing of a thriving business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and also track present-day efforts to bring some justice to victims.