A WAYFARER STUDIOS Production
A WILD PAIR FILMS Production
IN ASSOCIATION WITH GET LIFTED
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Steve Sarowitz
Endyia Kinney-Sterns
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
John Legend
Mike Jackson
Ty Stiklorius
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Courtney Parker
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jerry Henry
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
William Ryan Fritch
PRODUCED BY
Justin Baldoni
Andrew Calof
Joanna Sokolowski
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY
Sara Newens &
Mina T. Son
FEATURING
Charles Metcalf, Jr.
Kevin Williams
Trae Daniel
J.R. Roberts
Corinne Kennedy
Jarvis Crawford
Kevin Harmon
Rosie Mediano Harmon
Janel Hunt
WITH PARTICIPATION FROM
David Klingenberger
Charles Metcalf, Sr.
Jean Metcalf
Callie Mae Williams
Ray Williams
Angela Johnson
Kurt Cyr
Cathie Fox
Donald Archer
Andre M. Perry
Tyrone Beason
Renee Brown
Abdullah Salaam
Adriene Watkins
Makayla Williams
Christopher Williams II
Jendaya Spivey
Saniya Brenagh
Amora Williams
Kaajay Carey
Eiress Wells
Day'jon Davis
WRITTEN BY
Sara Newens
Joanna Sokolowski
EDITOR
Sara Newens
ADDITIONAL EDITORS
Jenn Harper
Parker Laramie
Joe Peeler
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Rafael Roy
Helki Frantzen
Alan Sanchez
Genéa Gaudet
Emilia Quinton
CAMERA ASSISTANTS
Serena Hodges
Nhu Nguyen
SOUND
Ben Chan
Kelin Verrette
Patrick Reilly
Alan Sanchez
Fredie Sanchez
ARCHIVAL PRODUCER
Rebecca Kent
ARCHIVAL RESEARCHER
Gabrielle Koehler
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Temitope Olutunmbi
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Summers Henderson
Yemane Deneke
TRAILER EDITOR
Jake Rasmussen
MUSIC EDITOR
Benjamin Kaplan
MUSIC CONSULTANT
Willa Yudell
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Caley Parker
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Bree Andruzzi
Hannah Jain
INTERNS
Julian Ros
Kaylee Kim
POST PRODUCTION SERVICES PROVIDED BY FANCY FILM
LEGAL COUNSEL
Imene Meziane
ACCOUNTANT
Jennifer Winter
PAYROLL SERVICES PROVIDED BY
Greenslate
Paul Cosentino
Lauren Schramko
PRODUCTION INSURANCE PROVIDED BY
Alan Schlaifer
ASIS Entertainment Insurance
CLEARANCE COUNSEL
Chris L. Perez, Esq.
Alexa N. DeSantis, Esq.
ARCHIVAL CREDITS
ABC News VideoSource • Alamy • All-Stock Footage • AV Geeks • Buyout Footage CBS/Veritone • The Crawford Family • Deiter Crawford • Getty Images • Millicent Harvey • Historic Films Archive • David Hoffman • The Metcalf Family • NBC/Getty Images • Oddball Films • Palm Springs Historical Society • Palm Springs Life • Palm Springs Project interviews courtesy of Ryan M. Kray and Andrea Scharf • Periscope Film • Prelinger Archives • Pond5 • Shutterstock • State Archives of Florida • Streamline Films • University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections • The Williams Family
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY
January 24, 2018 Local News segment / KESQ News Channel 3 •May 21, 2018 Local News segment / KMIR NBC Palm Springs • AUGUST 31, 2018 Local News Segment / KESQ NEWS CHANNEL 3 • 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' / Fox News Network • City of Palm Springs / September 2, 2015 City Council Meeting • City of Palm Springs / May 3, 2017 City Council Meeting • City of Palm Springs / September 26, 2017 City Council Meeting • City of Palm Springs / January 24, 2018 City Council Meeting • 'Where the Summer Spends the Winter' / Johnson-Hunt / Silas Johnson • Visit Palm Springs / "1950s Palm Springs Tourism Video" • FiftiesRebel / Elvis Presley's Private Home Movies 1 • IN Desert Hot Springs / "'Racist' trees in Palm Springs 'Confronted'" • Unknown / "Palm Springs Will Remove ‘Racist Trees’ Separating Black Neighborhood from Golf Course" • '"Racist" Trees Separate Black Neighborhood from Golf Course' / Minority Report •'Trees in Palm Springs Labeled "Racist"' / The Daily Wire • 'Racist Trees Face Removal' / The Daily Telegraph • 'California city promises to remove 50-foot-tall ‘racist’ trees planted in the 1960s that separate a historically black neighborhood from a golf course' / Daily Mail • 'Palm Springs Will Remove ‘Racist Trees’ Separating Black Neighborhood from Golf Course' / Breitbart • 'The Devaluation of Assets in Black neighborhoods' / Andre M. Perry, Jonathan Rothwell, and David Harshbarger / The Brookings Institution • 'Plan Negro Eviction From Palm Springs' / Los Angeles Sentinel •Crossley Gardens advertisements / The Desert Sun • Palm Springs Mystery Desert Tea advertisement / The Desert Sun • Classified Advertising / The Desert Sun • Front page June 8, 1951 / The Desert Sun • 'Palm Springs Golf Course Is Newest Desert Facility' / The Desert Sun • 'Pioneer Crossley Dies in Hospital' / The Desert Sun
'Divided By Trees' / The Desert Sun • 'Mayor vows removal of "Racist" tree barrier • 'Shaking the Trees' / The Desert Sun • '5th Mystery Blaze Hits Section 14' / The Desert Sun • 'Woman Left Homeless by Fire Today' / The Desert Sun • 'All That Fire Was Section 14' / The Desert Sun • 'Prime Indian Land in City Going on Sale' / The Desert Sun • '$2 Million in Indian Land Slated for Sale' / The Desert Sun • 'Section 14 Development Moves Rapidly' / The Desert Sun • 'Hotel, Apartment Plans Set Tempo of Future for Section' / The Desert Sun • 'Early '60's Bring Slum Clearance Hope' / The Desert Sun • 'Construction Planned in Three Stages' / The Desert Sun • 'Lawrence Crossley digs up the first shovelful of earth for a new low-cost resort area housing project' / The Desert Sun • 'Popsicles' / John Cerney • 'Forever Marilyn' / John Seward Johnson II • 'Greetings' / Peter Tigler • George Floyd 'I Can't Breathe' mural / MisterAlek • Frank Bogert on Horseback / Raymundo Cobo • 'Young Basketmaker' / Doug Hyde • Mural at The Desert Sun / Sofia Enriquez
SPECIAL THANKS
Fanshen Cox
David, Hazel, & Ewan Croney
Kate Franco
Julie Makinen
Tim & Susie Newens
Palm Springs Black History Committee
Palm Springs City Council
Michael & Avi Raines
Residents of the Lawrence Crossley Neighborhood
Jamie Rogers-Caballero
SuperFilms
The Los Angeles Times
PALM SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY DISCLAIMER
Materials used in this documentary include photos or other images provided under license by the Palm Springs Historical Society. The Society is not responsible for uses made by any licensee of such images, and a licensee's publication or other use of these images should not be construed as the Society's endorsement of any work in which they appear, including this documentary.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This film was made on Cahuilla territory, specifically the Agua Caliente Band. We acknowledge the Cahuilla People as the original stewards of the land and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY
IFP Spotlight on Docs
ARTIST SUPPORT
SeriesFest
ORIGINAL SERIES FUNDING PROVIDED BY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Ford Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
RACIST TREES is a production of Wild Pair Films, in association with Wayfarer Studios and Get Lifted.
This program was produced by Racist Trees Production, LLC, which is solely responsible for its content.
©2022 Racist Trees Production, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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