Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities

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Label

Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities

Title remainder

Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities

Statement of responsibility

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

Title variation

Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities

Contributor

• Hipster Entertainment
• KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Monterey Video (Firm)
• Dill, Bill
• Fortis, Cherie
• Jarman, Joseph
• Mangurian, Tony
• Pollard, Sam
• Smith, Anna Deavere
• Wolfe, George C

Subject

• African Americans -- Relations with Jews
• African Americans -- Relations with Jews -- Drama
• Cato, Gavin, 1983-1991 -- Drama
• Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
• Documentary television programs
• Drama
• Filmed performances
• Jews -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• One-person shows (Performing arts)
• Rosenbaum, Yankel, 1961-1991 -- Drama
• Televised plays -- United States
• Violence -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 20th century -- Drama

Genre

• Documentary television programs
• Drama
• Filmed performances
• One-person shows (Performing arts)
• Televised plays

Language

eng

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

Member of

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Cataloging source

MPI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, William Dill ; film editor, Sam Pollard ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; conversation editor, Roger L. Downey ; music, Joseph Jarman, Tony Mangurian

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

LC call number

PN1992.65

LC item number

.F56 2003

PerformerNote

Anna Deavere Smith

Runtime

87

Target audience

general

Technique

live action