CfPS Documentary to Premiere at Circle Cinema Film Festival
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by Stuart Hetherwood
Center for Public Secrets is proud to announce the premiere of their new documentary short film, LEE ROY CHAPMAN VS. THE GHOST OF TATE BRADY, at the Circle Cinema Film Festival in Tulsa on Saturday, July 18th at 5 pm.
LEE ROY CHAPMAN VS. THE GHOST OF TATE BRADY was also honored with the Oklahoma Short Documentary Jury Prize by the Circle Cinema Film Festival. We hope you can join us at the premiere screening, which will be followed by a panel discussion with Director Viet H. Nguyen, Writer and Producer Joshua Kline, and Cinematographer Charles Elmore. Additional screenings have been added on Sunday, the 19th, at 3:45 pm, and Monday, the 20th, at 1:30pm.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THE PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, JULY 18TH AT 5PM.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THE SCREENING ON SUNDAY, JULY 19TH AT 3:45PM.
About the film: In 2011, citizen journalist Lee Roy Chapman published an explosive article exposing Tulsa city founder Tate Brady’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan and his involvement in the 1921 Race Massacre. Titled The Nightmare of Dreamland: Tate Brady and the Battle for Greenwood, the piece made international headlines and ignited a fierce public debate about how communities choose to honor their forefathers—and how they confront the darkest chapters of their past.
LEE ROY CHAPMAN V. THE GHOST OF TATE BRADY traces the fallout from that article, following the campaign to remove Brady’s name from a downtown street sign through the perspectives of Chapman’s publisher, the activists he inspired, and the City Councilor caught between public pressure and political reality. The film also pays tribute to Chapman, who died in 2015, honoring his legacy as an activist, agitator, and self-described “History Recovery Specialist”—a legacy that would later inspire the central character in Sterlin Harjo’s television series, The Lowdown.
Watch the trailer:
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