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PBS to
Broadcast "Banished"
The
film Banished that tells the story of the historic
destruction of African American communities in the early 1900s
will be shown nationally on PBS next week. The Ozarks communities
of
Harrison
,
Arkansas
, and
Pierce City
,
Missouri
, as well as
Forsyth County
,
Georgia
, are featured in the film.
The 90 minute film will be screened on the series INDEPENDENT LENS
by Ozark Public Television of Springfield, Missouri, on Tuesday,
February 19, at 9:30 p.m. and by the Arkansas Educational
Television Network (AETN) on Sunday, February 24, at 11 p.m.
The Marco Williams film was premiered during the 2007 Sundance
Film Festival and has been screened at film festivals across the
country. In 2007 the film Banished was shown in many community
screenings in
Harrison
,
Arkansas
, under the sponsorship of the Community Task Force on Race
Relations.
For
more information about the film Banished, visit
www.banishedthefilm.com
and
www.pbs.org/independentlens/banished/film.html |
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