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Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

Name: Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Director: Dawn Porter
Released: 2021
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

4.5/10

Fair

2021

TV-14

Director

Dawn Porter

Runtime

90 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Dawn Porter’s documentary centers the Black experience during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, providing a powerful corrective to historical amnesia. The film examines the long-term socio-economic consequences of state-sanctioned violence and systemic displacement. By focusing on the Greenwood District, the documentary disrupts traditional historical narratives and prioritizes underrepresented voices. However, it lacks specific information regarding LGBTQ+ or disability-focused narratives.

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Category Breakdown

Does Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on racial justice and historical trauma. There is no explicit mention of LGBTQ+-specific narratives or identities.

How does Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer portray gender?

Fair

The documentary framework highlights the role of Black women in the community's resilience and survival. It moves away from patriarchal historical narratives by emphasizing their ability to act.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer?

Excellent

The film centers on the destruction of the Greenwood District and the Black experience during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It prioritizes the ability to act of Black individuals to challenge traditional American history.

How does Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film critiques legal and civic structures as complicit in systemic oppression. It frames the massacre as a symptom of broader systemic dysfunction.

Does Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no explicit evidence regarding the portrayal of neurodivergence or physical disabilities.

Present on Screen

Centers the ability to act of Black individuals in the community's resilience.
Critiques systemic institutional corruption and state-sanctioned violence.
Disrupts traditional, sanitized American historical narratives.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit information regarding LGBTQ+ representation.
No clear evidence regarding the portrayal of disability or neurodivergence.

Official Synopsis

Comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of as many as 300 Black people and left as many as 10,000 homeless and displaced.

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