Man on Fire
Season 20 Episode 5 | 54m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
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Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town’s racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s dark past. Man on Fire untangles the pieces of this protest and questions the racism in Grand Saline today.
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Man on Fire
Season 20 Episode 5 | 54m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town’s racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s dark past. Man on Fire untangles the pieces of this protest and questions the racism in Grand Saline today.
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Preview: S20 Ep5 | 30s | Man on Fire premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 17, 2018. (30s)
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