Banished (film)

Banished
Directed by	Marco Williams
Produced by	Marco Williams Maia Harris
Edited by	Kathryn Barnier Sandra Christie
Music by	David Murray
Release date	2008 (2008)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America is a 2008 documentary film about three of the U.S. cities which violently expelled African-American families in post-Reconstruction America. The film depicts incidents in Arkansas, Missouri, and Georgia that occurred between 1886 and 1923. Banished was screened in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

General Mass racial violence in the United States Nadir of American race relations Sundown town

Specific events 1912 racial conflict in Forsyth County, Georgia Rosewood massacre (1923) / Rosewood (film) Tulsa race massacre (1921)

References

1. "'Banished' Recounts History of Forced Segregation". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
2. Dargis, Manohla (September 26, 2007). "When Jim Crow Came to Town, With Eviction Notices". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 30, 2025. Retrieved January 17, 2026.

External links

• Banished: American Ethnic Cleansings at PopMatters
• Banished at Working Films
• Banished site for Independent Lens on PBS
• Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America at IMDb