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Banished

2007-01-22 · 84 min · ★ 7.5

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A look at three U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction America.

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Directors
Marco Williams
Production companies
The Center for Investigative Reporting, Two Tone Productions
Countries
United States of America
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