Posted 38 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownEthan Hawke's "The Lowdown" Character Is Based On A Real-Life Activist Who Exposed Some Of America's Darkest Racial HistoryThis guy's obsessive research led to a reckoning and real changes in Tulsa, Oklahoma.by Eden Arielle GordonBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestLink In Hulu's The Lowdown, Ethan Hawke plays a citizen journalist named Lee Raybon, who goes to extreme and sometimes dangerous lengths to uncover the truth. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Hulu / Via giphy.