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Additional authors

1. Fortis, Cherie
2. Law, Lindsay
3. Smith, Anna Deavere
4. Smith, Anna Deavere
5. Wolfe, George C
6. Dill, Bill
7. Musky, Jane
8. Brown, Claudia
9. Pollard, Sam
10. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
11. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer
12. David Rothenberg Associates, donor

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Television adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith's stage piece on the 1991 race riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Includes an interview with the author/actor, following the performance.

Series statement

1. American Playhouse

Subject

1. Drama
2. Race riots > New York (State) > New York > Drama
3. Smith, Anna Deavere > Interviews
4. African Americans > Relations with Jews > Drama
5. Television
6. One-person shows (Performing arts)
7. Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > History > Drama
8. Violence > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century > Drama
9. Jews > New York (State) > New York > Drama
10. Television adaptations
11. New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama
12. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1286

Note

1. Originally broadcast on the PBS-TV series American Playhouse.
2. A videorecording of the stage version of this material, taped at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, N.Y., on June 27, 1992, is available on NCOV 1136.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Cinematography by William Dill ; production design by Jane Musky ; costume designer, Claudia Brown ; film editor, Sam Pollard.

Performer (note)

1. Featuring Anna Deavere Smith.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in 1993. First broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., April 28, 1993.

Title

1. Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities [videorecording] / Produced by Cherie Fortis ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, based on her stage play ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; produced for PBS-TV.

Imprint

1. New York, c1993.

Series

1. American Playhouse

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Cinematography by William Dill ; production design by Jane Musky ; costume designer, Claudia Brown ; film editor, Sam Pollard.

Cast

1. Featuring Anna Deavere Smith.

Event

1. Videotaped in 1993. First broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., April 28, 1993.

Local note

1. Gift of David Rothenberg Associates.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Fortis, Cherie, producer.
2. Law, Lindsay, producer.
3. Smith, Anna Deavere. Fires in the mirror.
4. Smith, Anna Deavere, conceptor.
5. Smith, Anna Deavere, actor.
6. Smith, Anna Deavere, interviewee.
7. Wolfe, George C, director.
8. Dill, Bill, director of photography.
9. Musky, Jane, set designer.
10. Brown, Claudia, costume designer.
11. Pollard, Sam, editor of moving image work.
12. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
13. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
14. David Rothenberg Associates, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1286