Created by Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs), The Lowdown is loosely based on Lee Roy Chapman, a journalist and historian who founded the Center for Public Secrets, a repository for "hidden, neglected and misunderstood" Oklahoma history. Chapman's work revealed Tulsa founder W. Tate Brady's affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan and role in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (this led to the Tulsa city council renaming both Brady Street and the Brady Arts District in 2013).

Ethan Hawke stars as Lee Raybon, a determined bookstore owner in Tulsa who moonlights as an investigative journalist, digging into local corruption. When a strange man from a powerful family dies, citizen journalist Raybon smells a cover-up. When his reporting uncovers sinister connections, he must protect both his family and the

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