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“Notes from the Field” Unearths School-to-Prison Pipeline—Streaming Amazon/HBO

“Notes from the Field” Unearths School-to-Prison Pipeline—Streaming Amazon/HBO

Millennial Notes Anna Deavere Smith Amplifies Protestors’ Voices by Abby Tozer The sweet sound of gospel voices resonates on our screens as Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant, brilliantly re-created by Anna Deavere Smith, takes the podium. He asks his fellow worshippers to “give God a hand clap of praise” for those who have died at…

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“Hooded” Tickles with Dark Humor, at Custom Made, S.F.

“Hooded” Tickles with Dark Humor, at Custom Made, S.F.

Millennial Notes Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm Goes Beyond the Pale by Michael V. Rodriguez Even before the curtain rises, Officer Borzoi (terrifying BE Rivers) authoritatively points to the word “LAUGH” in lights hanging above the Custom Made Theater’s intimate stage. Swinging a baton, he demands that we laugh when the box lights up—otherwise, he says,…

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