Anna Deavere Smithâ€™s extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have experienced them. In Notes from the Field, she

Notes from the Field

Anna Deavere Smithâ€™s extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have experienced them. In Notes from the Field, she renders a host of figures who have lived and fought the system that pushes students of color out of the classroom and into prisons. (As Smith has put it: â€œRich kids get mischief, poor kids get pathologized and incarcerated.â€) Using peopleâ€™s own words, culled from interviews and speeches, Smith depicts Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant, who eulogized Freddie Gray; Niya Kenny, a high school student who confronted a violent police deputy; activist Bree Newsome, who took the Confederate flag down from the South Carolina State House grounds; and many others. Their voices bear powerful witness to a great iniquity of our timeâ€”and call us to action with their accounts of resistance and hope.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Anchor
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2019-05-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780525564591

Notes from the Field