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

Fires in the mirror [videorecording] : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities / KCET/Los Angeles [and others]

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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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Corporate Authors: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.), PBS Video
Other Authors: Smith, Anna Deavere, Wolfe, George C. (Director)
Other title:American playhouse (Television program)
On the road: a search for american character.
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, ©1993.
Subjects:
Cato, Gavin, > 1983-1991 > Drama.
Rosenbaum, Yankel, > 1961-1991 > 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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