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Television adaptation of Anna Deveare Smith's play chronicling the racial tensions that escalated in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in summer 1992 when an automobile, driven by a Hasidic man, jumped the curb and killed a seven-year-old black child. Hours later, in what appeared to be a retaliatory act, a crowd of angry blacks stabbed a 29-year-old Hasidic rabbinical student. The play interweaves brief, verbatim monologues by Anna Deavere Smith of 19 characters whose words reflect interviews Smith conducted with her subjects.
Television adaptation of Anna Deveare Smith's play chronicling the racial tensions that escalated in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in summer 1992 when an automobile, driven by a Hasidic man, jumped the curb and killed a …
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Fires in the Mirror | Episode guide and videos - Yahoo! TVTelevision adaptation of Anna Deveare Smith's play chronicling the racial tensions that escalated in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in summer 1992 when an automobile, driven by a Hasidic man, jumped the curb and killed a seven-year-old black child. Hours later, in what appeared to be a retaliatory act, a crowd of angry blacks stabbed a 29-year-old Hasidic rabbinical student. The play interweaves brief, verbatim monologues by Anna Deavere Smith of 19 characters whose words reflect interviews Smith conducted with her subjects.