Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other identities / American Playhouse presents a Cherie Fortis production ; KCET/Los Angeles ; Hipster Entertainment ; producer, Cherie Fortis ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavers Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe.

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August 1991. Crown Heights, Brooklyn. A Hasidic man's car jumps a curb and kills a seven-year-old black child. Hours later, a Hasidic student is stabbed to death in what appears to be a retaliatory act. A city riots, exploding in racial tension. On Aug. 19, 1991 in Crown Heights (Brooklyn, N.Y.) a H...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Monterey Video (Firm)
Hipster Entertainment (Firm)
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Other Authors: Fortis, Cherie
Wolfe, George C.
Jarman, Joseph
Mangurian, Tony
Smith, Anna Deavere
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Distributed by Monterey, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Violence > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century > Drama.
African Americans > Relations with Jews > Drama.
Jews > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
African Americans > Relations with Jews.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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