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On Aug. 19, 1991 in Crown Heights (Brooklyn, N.Y.) a Hasidic man accidentally runs over a 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. Smith acts out the roles of these 18 persons involve...

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Contributors:	Smith, Anna Deavere, Wolfe, George C.
Corporate Contributors:	WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Format:	Video
Published:	Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, [1993]
Subjects:	Cato, Gavin, > 1983-1991 > Drama. Rosenbaum, Yankel, > -1991 > Drama. Violence > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Jews > New York (State) > New York > Drama. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama.
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Fires in the mirror / conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavers Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe.

Smooth talk / Goldcrest presents a Nepenthe/American Playhouse production ; a Spectrafilm release.

Go tell it on the mountain / Learning in Focus ; produced by Calvin Skaggs ; directed by Stan Lathan ; edited by Jay Freund.

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