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Fires in the mirror Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities
Title
Fires in the mirror [videorecording] : Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities / American Playhouse presents a Cherie Fortis production ; KCET/Los Angeles ; Hipster Entertainment ; producer, Cherie Fortis ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavers Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe.
ISBN
1569942617
9781569942611
Published
[Thousand Oaks, Calif.] : Monterey Video, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast in 1993 as a segment of the television program: American playhouse.
Based on Fires in the mirror by Anna Deavere Smith.
Part of Smith's series: On the road, a search for American character.
The Crown Heights material was first created for George C. Wolfe's Festival of new voices, Joseph Papp Public Theater, December 1991.
Director of photography, William Dill ; film editor, Sam Pollard ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; conversation editor, Roger L. Downey ; music, Joseph Jarman, Tony Mangurian.
Summary
On Aug. 19, 1991 in Crown Heights (Brooklyn, N.Y.) a Hasidic man accidentally ran over a 7-year old Black boy (Gavin Cato). Three hours later a young Jewish scholar (Yankel Rosenbaum) was murdered by Black youths. Four days of fire-bombing and riots ensued. Utilizing verbatim excerpts from interviews she conducted, Anna Deavere Smith acts out the roles of 18 people involved in the racial conflict, trying to present the differing viewpoints. Includes actual film footage of the riots and violence.
Variant and related titles
Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities
On the road, a search for American character.
American playhouse (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 06, 2008
Credits
Director of photography, William Dill ; film editor, Sam Pollard ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; conversation editor, Roger L. Downey ; music, Joseph Jarman, Tony Mangurian.
Cast
Anna Deavere Smith.
System details note
VHS, full screen presentation.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
34343 Monterey Video
Subjects
Genre/Form
Television plays, American.
One-person shows (Performing arts)
Documentary television programs.
Also listed under
Monterey Video (Firm)
Hipster Entertainment.
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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