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Title:

Fires in the mirror [videorecording] / conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

PBS Video,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

1 videocassette (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.)

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Drama.--Drama.
Afro-Americans--Relations with Jews
Jews--New York (N.Y.)--Drama.
Violence New York (N.Y.)--Drama.--20th century--Drama.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.--Drama.

Other Authors:

Fortis, Cherie.
Smith, Anna Deavere.
Wolf, George C.

Other Titles:

American playhouse (Television program)
On the road : a search for American character.

Notes:

"PLAH 121"--label. Part of a series called: On the road : a search for American character. Segment of the television program American playhouse by KCET Los Angeles, South Carolina ETV, WGBH Boston, WNET New York and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. First created for George C. Wolfe's Festiva of new voices, 1991.

Summary:

Smith's one-woman play presents a compelling view of urban racial and class conflict. Using interwoven monologues based on verbatim interviews, Smith assumes the personalities of nearly 30 characters caught in the 1991 racial turmoil in Crown Heights, Brooklyn following the death of an African-American child and the stabbing of a 29 year old Hasidic rabbinical student.

ISBN:

9780553472110
0553472119
9780385470148
0385470142

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30367493

LCCN:

93010121

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)