This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.
Direction
Koroma weaves survivor testimony with modern reckonings masterfully.
Cinematography
Burning footage rendered in color — history made viscerally present.
Writing
Refuses easy redemption arcs; sits with grief and fury equally.
Director
Salima Koroma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Dreamland' theater — Greenwood's crown jewel — gives the film its ironic title; it burned first.
Oklahoma actively buried this history until 2001; many survivors testified this was their first time being believed.
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