Finding Truth in Doubt with Anna Deavere Smith
Podcast: Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastPublished On: Tue Mar 02 2021
Description: Critically acclaimed playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith crafts groundbreaking art at the intersection of journalism and theater. Her explosive one-woman plays centered on the Los Angeles riots and the Crown Heights riots, “Twilight: Los Angeles” and “Fires in the Mirror” respectively, took shape from hundreds of interviews conducted by Smith herself. Her newest piece, “Notes From the Field” had her traveling everywhere from Finland to the Yurok Tribe of Northern California, compiling 250 conversations about the school-to-prison pipeline. Her work requires a masterful command of storytelling, empathy, and the art of the interview, and she joins this week to describe how those pieces came together in her celebrated career.Read We Were the Last of the Nice Negro Girls by Anna Deavere SmithFind out more about Inheritance
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