Twilight

Los Angeles, 1992

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On sale Mar 15, 1994 | 320 Pages | 978-0-385-47376-7
Stanford professor Anna Deavere Smith has performed her hard-hitting, sociologically probing "documentary theater" stage pieces Fires in the Mirror and Twilight on campuses and in theaters nationwide, receiving critical praise and accolades from every quarter. Available here in book form with complete text and photographs, the productions document changes in racial identity and multiculturalism in America by portraying dozens of real-life people commenting in their own words on the watershed events they experienced or took part in.Twilight contains the verbatim opinions and impressions nearly 200 people involved in the Los Angeles riots of 1992: Korean shop owners, gang members, actress Anjelica Houston, Angela King (Rodney King's aunt), truck driver Reginald Denny, mayor Tom Bradley and ex-police chief Daryl Gates.
Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, teacher, playwright, and the creator of the acclaimed On the Road series of one-woman plays, which are based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President Obama and two Obie Awards, her work also been nominated for a Pulitzer and two Tonys. Onscreen, she has appeared in many films and television shows, including Philadelphia, The West Wing, Black-ish, and Nurse Jackie. She is University Professor in the department of Art & Public Policy at NYU, where she also directs the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue. In 2019, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. View titles by Anna Deavere Smith

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Stanford professor Anna Deavere Smith has performed her hard-hitting, sociologically probing "documentary theater" stage pieces Fires in the Mirror and Twilight on campuses and in theaters nationwide, receiving critical praise and accolades from every quarter. Available here in book form with complete text and photographs, the productions document changes in racial identity and multiculturalism in America by portraying dozens of real-life people commenting in their own words on the watershed events they experienced or took part in.Twilight contains the verbatim opinions and impressions nearly 200 people involved in the Los Angeles riots of 1992: Korean shop owners, gang members, actress Anjelica Houston, Angela King (Rodney King's aunt), truck driver Reginald Denny, mayor Tom Bradley and ex-police chief Daryl Gates.

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Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, teacher, playwright, and the creator of the acclaimed On the Road series of one-woman plays, which are based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President Obama and two Obie Awards, her work also been nominated for a Pulitzer and two Tonys. Onscreen, she has appeared in many films and television shows, including Philadelphia, The West Wing, Black-ish, and Nurse Jackie. She is University Professor in the department of Art & Public Policy at NYU, where she also directs the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue. In 2019, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. View titles by Anna Deavere Smith