The Resource Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities, KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, (videorecording)
Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities, KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, (videorecording)
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The item Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities, KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities, KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries.
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- Summary
- On Aug. 19, 1991, in Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., a Hasidic man accidentally runs over a black boy (Gavin Cato). A young Jewish scholar (Yankel Rosenbaum) was then murdered by black youths. Four days of fire-bombing and riots ensued. Anna Deavere Smith acts out the roles of these 18 persons involved in the racial conflict, trying to present their differing views. Includes film footage of the riots and violence
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (81 min.)
- Note
-
- Broadcast on the PBS television program American Playhouse
- Based on the one person play Fires in the mirror, by Anna Deavere Smith
- Licensed off-the-air recording made by Northwestern University Library Media Center in May 1993 from a broadcast by WTTW/Chicago
- Label
- Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities
- Title
- Fires in the mirror
- Title remainder
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities
- Statement of responsibility
- KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On Aug. 19, 1991, in Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., a Hasidic man accidentally runs over a black boy (Gavin Cato). A young Jewish scholar (Yankel Rosenbaum) was then murdered by black youths. Four days of fire-bombing and riots ensued. Anna Deavere Smith acts out the roles of these 18 persons involved in the racial conflict, trying to present their differing views. Includes film footage of the riots and violence
- Cataloging source
- INU
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- American playhouse (Television program)
- Credits note
- Photography, William Dill ; original music, Joseph Jarman and Tony Mangurian
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Smith, Anna Deavere
- WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
- KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
- PBS Video
- Runtime
- 81
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cato, Gavin
- Rosenbaum, Yankel
- Jews
- African Americans
- Violence
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities, KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Broadcast on the PBS television program American Playhouse
- Based on the one person play Fires in the mirror, by Anna Deavere Smith
- Licensed off-the-air recording made by Northwestern University Library Media Center in May 1993 from a broadcast by WTTW/Chicago
- Accompanying material
- 1 study guide.
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Control code
- 000085484
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in. +
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in.
- Extent
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (81 min.)
- Medium for sound
- videotape
- Other physical details
- sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videocassette
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000085484
- (OCoLC)28116490
- Video recording format
- VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- Label
- Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities, KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Cherie Forti ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Broadcast on the PBS television program American Playhouse
- Based on the one person play Fires in the mirror, by Anna Deavere Smith
- Licensed off-the-air recording made by Northwestern University Library Media Center in May 1993 from a broadcast by WTTW/Chicago
- Accompanying material
- 1 study guide.
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Control code
- 000085484
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in. +
- Dimensions
- 1/2 in.
- Extent
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (81 min.)
- Medium for sound
- videotape
- Other physical details
- sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videocassette
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000085484
- (OCoLC)28116490
- Video recording format
- VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
Subject
- Violence -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
- African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Drama
- Cato, Gavin, 1983-1991 -- Drama
- Jews -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
- Rosenbaum, Yankel, -1991 -- Drama
- VIDEORECORDING
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