Racial tensions ignite when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, California fights to remove a wall of trees that form a barrier believed to segregate the community.
Producer/Director
Sara Newens is an award-winning filmmaker and editor based in Los Angeles. She received Primetime Emmy nominations for her work on Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields and Allen v. Farrow and served as editor/writer for On the Record. She has directed two features with Mina T. Son, Top Spin and Racist Trees, through their company Wild Pair Films.
Producer/Director
Mina T. Son is a Korean American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She founded Wild Pair Films with Sara Newens. Their debut documentary feature, Top Spin, streamed on Netflix. Racist Trees is Wild Pair Films' second documentary feature. Mina is in post-production on a longitudinal documentary about Japan's 2011 tsunami.
Producer
Joanna Sokolowski is an Emmy Award-winning producer and creative nonfiction storyteller. Her documentary work has been broadcast on HBO, Netflix, and PBS. Her podcasts have won Webby Awards and are streamed on Stitcher and Spotify. Her critically acclaimed feature documentary Ovarian Psychos premiered at SXSW and on PBS's Independent Lens.