A Master Actor Tackles Education and Prisons
She's going home. Award-winning theatrical pioneer Anna Deavere Smith tells us about her forthcoming project on the school-to-prison pipeline, one which is bringing her to her hometown of Baltimore. She and Farai speak frankly about race, social justice, theatre, human connection… and their ties to the same hometown and high school.
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