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Anna Deavere Smith Instagram - Thank you Austin! Thanks to Center for Public Policy Priorities's Ann Beeson, @zachtheatre's @davesteakley, and @austinfilm. #NotesFromTheField

Anna Deavere Smith Instagram - In making #NotesFromTheField, I met so many people who are working to champion young people and help them succeed. You can hear Abby's story and many others in the full film, now available HBO’s Youtube channel - no subscription required. Link in bio.

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Anna Deavere Smith Instagram - All movements need music. Meet the musician behind #NotesFromTheField, now streaming on @hbo, @marcusshelby. #ChangeTheConversation
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Notes From The Field re-airs today, 2/27, at 4 PM on HBO 2 and tomorrow, 2/28, at 8:50 AM and 8 PM on HBO. Be sure to tune in.

Anna Deavere Smith Instagram - Wow. Kristi Zea, director of the #NotesFromTheField HBO film, with the iconic Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, at a screening earlier this month. Man!!!! Spreading the word together about protecting kids.

Anna Deavere Smith - 1.7K Likes - I am beginning to celebrate Black History Month with this memory: Me and John Lewis, who I interviewed and then portrayed in my play and film LET ME DOWN EASY.

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Caption : I am beginning to celebrate Black History Month with this memory: Me and John Lewis, who I interviewed and then portrayed in my play and film LET ME DOWN EASY.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1.6K Likes - GuiltyGuiltyGuilty and now the work continues.

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Caption : GuiltyGuiltyGuilty and now the work continues.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1.5K Likes - And here we find Black workers cleaning up after Trump’s macabre party at the capitol. Thanks for sharing this, @SolomonAlisa.

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Caption : And here we find Black workers cleaning up after Trump’s macabre party at the capitol. Thanks for sharing this, @SolomonAlisa.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1.4K Likes - I was thrilled to get a chance to broadcast the work of Michela Marino Lerman when the NYT asked me to participate in their Legends & Heirs feature for the T Magazine Culture issue. Gift link to the article in my bio!

@tmagazine
photographer @florahanitijo
stylist @seemanagement

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Caption : I was thrilled to get a chance to broadcast the work of Michela Marino Lerman when the NYT asked me to participate in their Legends & Heirs feature for the T Magazine Culture issue. Gift link to the article in my bio! @tmagazine photographer @florahanitijo stylist @seemanagement
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1.2K Likes - Honored to be named to The Playwrights’ Sidewalk outside of the Lucille Lortel Theatre here in NYC. I’ll be in the company of many of my heroes: Bertolt Brecht, Langston Hughes, Paula Vogel, Adrienne Kennedy more. Thank you @offbroadwayleague for last night's virtual celebration!

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Caption : Honored to be named to The Playwrights’ Sidewalk outside of the Lucille Lortel Theatre here in NYC. I’ll be in the company of many of my heroes: Bertolt Brecht, Langston Hughes, Paula Vogel, Adrienne Kennedy more. Thank you @offbroadwayleague for last night’s virtual celebration!
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1.2K Likes - I'm thrilled to announce that the film of my play, Twilight: Los Angeles will be rebroadcast on PBS this Monday (6/8) at 10pm. Beginning next week, the film will also be available to stream, for free, online. Let's keep the conversation going. #TwilightLosAngeles
http://ow.ly/spTv50A05d6

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Caption : I’m thrilled to announce that the film of my play, Twilight: Los Angeles will be rebroadcast on PBS this Monday (6/8) at 10pm. Beginning next week, the film will also be available to stream, for free, online. Let’s keep the conversation going. #TwilightLosAngeles http://ow.ly/spTv50A05d6
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1.2K Likes - In her play “This Ghost of Slavery,” published in The Atlantic’s December issue, the playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith used contemporary interviews supplemented with primary-source historical materials to inform characters’ dialogue. Smith spoke with people absorbed into the criminal-justice system, activists, and social-justice workers, many of them associated with the nonprofit organization Chicago CRED, which seeks to help young people ensnared in gangs or the juvenile-justice system. She blended these interviews with 19th-century archives, transcripts, diaries, and historical accounts of Maryland. “I’ve been trying to become America word-for-word for almost four decades,” Smith says.

“This Ghost of Slavery” reveals the power of historical trauma to shape behavior in the present day. Read the full play at the link in our bio. #theatre #BlackHistoryMonth

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Caption : In her play “This Ghost of Slavery,” published in The Atlantic’s December issue, the playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith used contemporary interviews supplemented with primary-source historical materials to inform characters’ dialogue. Smith spoke with people absorbed into the criminal-justice system, activists, and social-justice workers, many of them associated with the nonprofit organization Chicago CRED, which seeks to help young people ensnared in gangs or the juvenile-justice system. She blended these interviews with 19th-century archives, transcripts, diaries, and historical accounts of Maryland. “I’ve been trying to become America word-for-word for almost four decades,” Smith says. “This Ghost of Slavery” reveals the power of historical trauma to shape behavior in the present day. Read the full play at the link in our bio. #theatre #BlackHistoryMonth
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Anna Deavere Smith - 1K Likes - In cities across our nation, protesters are demanding #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd.
Tuesday (6/2) at 6pm, we’re rebroadcasting #NotesFromTheField on HBO2, exploring the #SchoolToPrisonPipeline.
Change the conversation. Change the system.
#HBOFilms

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Caption : In cities across our nation, protesters are demanding #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd. Tuesday (6/2) at 6pm, we’re rebroadcasting #NotesFromTheField on HBO2, exploring the #SchoolToPrisonPipeline. Change the conversation. Change the system. #HBOFilms
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Anna Deavere Smith - 0.9K Likes - How cool. Me and poet @alexanderlizzy kickin' back right before induction to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. An org that's been around since 1780. At that time, she and I did not count as fully human, let alone as artists. Thanks to @richardj.powell for the photo.

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Caption : How cool. Me and poet @alexanderlizzy kickin’ back right before induction to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. An org that’s been around since 1780. At that time, she and I did not count as fully human, let alone as artists. Thanks to @richardj.powell for the photo.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 897 Likes - I interviewed Julian Manyika when he was 11. He told me he was a “consequentialist”. He just graduated from MIT.

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Caption : I interviewed Julian Manyika when he was 11. He told me he was a “consequentialist”. He just graduated from MIT.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 880 Likes - Two weeks from today, my latest play, Notes from the Field, comes out in print. To write this one, I did over 250 interviews about the vulnerability and resilience of young people, inequality, and justice in America. You can pre-order a copy now through @penguinrandomhouse. Also available as an e-book and an audiobook.

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Caption : Two weeks from today, my latest play, Notes from the Field, comes out in print. To write this one, I did over 250 interviews about the vulnerability and resilience of young people, inequality, and justice in America. You can pre-order a copy now through @penguinrandomhouse. Also available as an e-book and an audiobook.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 779 Likes - Time magazine asked me to write an essay about @kamalaharris since she, along with @joebiden, is a #TimePOY! Link in bio.

Photo courtesy of Kamala Harris.

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Caption : Time magazine asked me to write an essay about @kamalaharris since she, along with @joebiden, is a #TimePOY! Link in bio. Photo courtesy of Kamala Harris.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 779 Likes - "It’s difficult to be born, difficult to learn to walk, difficult to grow old, difficult to die and difficult to live for everybody, everywhere, forever. But no one has a right to put on top of that another burden, another price which nobody can pay." –James Baldwin, "A Rap On Race." This Tuesday at 6pm, we are going to revisit some of James Baldwin's words, as well as the words of activists, educators, and students from all over the world in a rebroadcast of my play, Notes From The Field, on HBO2 and online. In this time of national mourning, I hope you will join us we look to folks like Baldwin for words of healing, inspiration, and insight into America's ongoing racial struggles, specifically the School to Prison Pipeline.

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Caption : “It’s difficult to be born, difficult to learn to walk, difficult to grow old, difficult to die and difficult to live for everybody, everywhere, forever. But no one has a right to put on top of that another burden, another price which nobody can pay.” –James Baldwin, “A Rap On Race.” This Tuesday at 6pm, we are going to revisit some of James Baldwin’s words, as well as the words of activists, educators, and students from all over the world in a rebroadcast of my play, Notes From The Field, on HBO2 and online. In this time of national mourning, I hope you will join us we look to folks like Baldwin for words of healing, inspiration, and insight into America’s ongoing racial struggles, specifically the School to Prison Pipeline. Photo: Carl Van Vechten
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Anna Deavere Smith - 672 Likes - My first trip in Shondaland. Shonda Rhimes is the country's storyteller in chief. I don't think any African American woman has ever had as much influence through words.
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New episode of #ForThePeople tonight. Read more from my interview in the @latimes. Link in today’s story.
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Photo credit: Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times

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Caption : My first trip in Shondaland. Shonda Rhimes is the country’s storyteller in chief. I don’t think any African American woman has ever had as much influence through words. – New episode of #ForThePeople tonight. Read more from my interview in the @latimes. Link in today’s story. – Photo credit: Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times
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Anna Deavere Smith - 670 Likes - TONIGHT at 6PM: Rebroadcast of #NotesFromTheField.

Change the Conversation. Change the System.

On all HBO platforms. Link in bio. #HBOFilms

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Caption : TONIGHT at 6PM: Rebroadcast of #NotesFromTheField. Change the Conversation. Change the System. On all HBO platforms. Link in bio. #HBOFilms
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Anna Deavere Smith - 668 Likes - My character Tina insists on protecting a young boy after his father, a witness in Leonard’s (@rejejean) case, has a run-in with federal agents that could lead to his deportation. New episode of @forthepeopleabc tonight at 10|9c on @abcnetwork. @byshondaland 📷 Mitch Haaseth / ABC

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Caption : My character Tina insists on protecting a young boy after his father, a witness in Leonard’s (@rejejean) case, has a run-in with federal agents that could lead to his deportation. New episode of @forthepeopleabc tonight at 10|9c on @abcnetwork. @byshondaland 📷 Mitch Haaseth / ABC
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Anna Deavere Smith - 661 Likes - I'm looking forward to speaking virtually at @wpunj this evening, and I hope you'll join us. Tickets available at the link in my bio.

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Caption : I’m looking forward to speaking virtually at @wpunj this evening, and I hope you’ll join us. Tickets available at the link in my bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 660 Likes - Today is the the day! My play 'Notes from the Field' is out in print. I interviewed folks all over the country to learn more about the school to prison pipeline, and how we can help young people thrive. This book includes the real words of twenty people I met along the way: teachers and students, counselors and congressmen, preachers and prisoners.

Look for 'Notes from the Field' at your favorite bookstore, or download the e-book or audiobook.
@vintageanchorbooks

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Caption : Today is the the day! My play ‘Notes from the Field’ is out in print. I interviewed folks all over the country to learn more about the school to prison pipeline, and how we can help young people thrive. This book includes the real words of twenty people I met along the way: teachers and students, counselors and congressmen, preachers and prisoners. Look for ‘Notes from the Field’ at your favorite bookstore, or download the e-book or audiobook. @vintageanchorbooks
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Anna Deavere Smith - 632 Likes - You can see me, and others, discuss poetry with Harvard Professor Elisa New on https://www.poetryinamerica.org/ (check out Season 1!), and you can find accompanying lesson plans and activities at https://bit.ly/2RHGM3R. #poetryinamerica @poetryinamerica

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Caption : You can see me, and others, discuss poetry with Harvard Professor Elisa New on https://www.poetryinamerica.org/ (check out Season 1!), and you can find accompanying lesson plans and activities at https://bit.ly/2RHGM3R. #poetryinamerica @poetryinamerica
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Anna Deavere Smith - 630 Likes - Taos Proctor was bigger than life. Performing him in my play "Notes From the Field" gave me the oomph I needed to get through all 19 characters in the show. RIP dear Taos , I loved you so. #TaosProctor #YurikTribe #notesfromthefield

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Caption : Taos Proctor was bigger than life. Performing him in my play “Notes From the Field” gave me the oomph I needed to get through all 19 characters in the show. RIP dear Taos , I loved you so. #TaosProctor #YurikTribe #notesfromthefield
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Anna Deavere Smith - 630 Likes - We live in a country built on investments. At the start of the film, @naacp_ldf president Sherrilyn Ifill poses a very important question: are we going to invest in prisons, or are we going to invest in schools?
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#NotesFromTheField airs tomorrow, Feb. 24 at 8PM on @hbo.

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Caption : We live in a country built on investments. At the start of the film, @naacp_ldf president Sherrilyn Ifill poses a very important question: are we going to invest in prisons, or are we going to invest in schools? – #NotesFromTheField airs tomorrow, Feb. 24 at 8PM on @hbo.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 620 Likes - Wow. I just got elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Now here’s one I wish my parents were alive to see. Thanks to whoever nominated me and whoever rooted for me. Whoever you are - I appreciate it! Deeply.

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Caption : Wow. I just got elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Now here’s one I wish my parents were alive to see. Thanks to whoever nominated me and whoever rooted for me. Whoever you are – I appreciate it! Deeply.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 600 Likes - "Prison don't do nothing but make you a worser person...The longer you stay in prison, the more you lose your feelings about even caring." – Taos Proctor. Hear his story and others in #NotesFromTheField tomorrow (6/2) at 6pm on all HBO platforms. #HBOFIlms

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Caption : “Prison don’t do nothing but make you a worser person…The longer you stay in prison, the more you lose your feelings about even caring.” – Taos Proctor. Hear his story and others in #NotesFromTheField tomorrow (6/2) at 6pm on all HBO platforms. #HBOFIlms
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Anna Deavere Smith - 577 Likes - As a person working in the creative “business” I am always amazed by how creative EVERYbody is. @charitytd #marchforourlives

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Caption : As a person working in the creative “business” I am always amazed by how creative EVERYbody is. @charitytd #marchforourlives
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Anna Deavere Smith - 575 Likes - This is about poverty. If we want schools to be that intervention against poverty, against centuries of inequality and racism, then we are going to have to make places that are very different than what they are now.
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#NotesFromTheField airs today, Feb. 24 at 8 PM on @hbo.

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Caption : This is about poverty. If we want schools to be that intervention against poverty, against centuries of inequality and racism, then we are going to have to make places that are very different than what they are now. – #NotesFromTheField airs today, Feb. 24 at 8 PM on @hbo.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 557 Likes - “We have always had resistance. We didn’t just stand by and let these things go down.”

The actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith reads from her play “This Ghost of Slavery,” which was published in the Atlantic’s special December issue on Reconstruction.

For this original work, Smith blended her contemporary interviews with historical accounts of Maryland in the mid-1860s, tracing the ramifications of slavery through the current criminal-justice system and revealing the power of historical trauma to shape behavior in the present day.

Read the full play at the link in our bio.

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Caption : “We have always had resistance. We didn’t just stand by and let these things go down.” The actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith reads from her play “This Ghost of Slavery,” which was published in the Atlantic’s special December issue on Reconstruction. For this original work, Smith blended her contemporary interviews with historical accounts of Maryland in the mid-1860s, tracing the ramifications of slavery through the current criminal-justice system and revealing the power of historical trauma to shape behavior in the present day. Read the full play at the link in our bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 549 Likes - (Part 2 of 2) HBO made this behind-the-scenes video about the inspiration behind #NotesFromTheField. Take a look, then tune in February 24 at 8PM on @hbo.

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Caption : (Part 2 of 2) HBO made this behind-the-scenes video about the inspiration behind #NotesFromTheField. Take a look, then tune in February 24 at 8PM on @hbo.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 545 Likes - If you missed #TwilightLosAngeles last night, or if it didn’t air on your local @PBS station, you can watch it now on demand - for free! Download the PBS app, or visit the link in my bio to watch online.

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Caption : If you missed #TwilightLosAngeles last night, or if it didn’t air on your local @PBS station, you can watch it now on demand – for free! Download the PBS app, or visit the link in my bio to watch online.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 533 Likes - I'll be chatting with
@brothercornelwest after the Nov 21 performance of Twilight Los Angeles, 1992, moderated by @broadwayblack. Join us on @signaturetheatre's Facebook or Instagram pages to tune in.

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Caption : I’ll be chatting with @brothercornelwest after the Nov 21 performance of Twilight Los Angeles, 1992, moderated by @broadwayblack. Join us on @signaturetheatre’s Facebook or Instagram pages to tune in.
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Caption : #NinaSimone transcended the constraints society placed on black female performers to become a powerful voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Let’s make more space in history for women of color – join me and @savingplaces to preserve her legacy by restoring her childhood home. Link in profile.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 530 Likes - Tonight. Now’s the time. A window of opportunity. To bring us one step closer to a fair society, a healthy society, and greater human potential. #ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField @hbo

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Caption : Tonight. Now’s the time. A window of opportunity. To bring us one step closer to a fair society, a healthy society, and greater human potential. #ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField @hbo
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Anna Deavere Smith - 528 Likes - Me & Aunt Lorraine who taught for 40 years in @baltcityschools.

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Caption : Me & Aunt Lorraine who taught for 40 years in @baltcityschools.
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Caption : This Tuesday, June 30th, beginning at 7pm ET, I’ll be speaking at the 2020 @AspenIdeas Festival with @yuvalsharonla and Kate D. Levin. For the first time ever, the Festival is digital and completely free to attend. Sign up at the link in my bio. #AspenIdeas
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Anna Deavere Smith - 526 Likes - "I’m a prisoner of hope." –Cornel West. Tonight, in the wake of nationwide protest of the murder of #GeorgeFlloyd, we revisit the Los Angeles riots of 1992 in a special rebroadcast of #TwilightLosAngeles. Join us on PBS at 10pm, or online at any time, at PBS.org.

Photo: Gage Skidmore

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Caption : “I’m a prisoner of hope.” –Cornel West. Tonight, in the wake of nationwide protest of the murder of #GeorgeFlloyd, we revisit the Los Angeles riots of 1992 in a special rebroadcast of #TwilightLosAngeles. Join us on PBS at 10pm, or online at any time, at PBS.org. Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Anna Deavere Smith - 524 Likes - Elaine Young rode out the L.A. riots of 1992 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "Everybody was talking," she told me when I interviewed her. "'How could this happen in California?' And, 'Oh my God, what's happened to our town?'" We're revisiting my play #TwilightLosAngeles in a special broadcast, 6/8. Watch on PBS or stream on PBS.org.

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Caption : Elaine Young rode out the L.A. riots of 1992 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. “Everybody was talking,” she told me when I interviewed her. “‘How could this happen in California?’ And, ‘Oh my God, what’s happened to our town?'” We’re revisiting my play #TwilightLosAngeles in a special broadcast, 6/8. Watch on PBS or stream on PBS.org.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 524 Likes - Congresswoman Barbara Jordan as photographed by @annieleibovitz. She brought down the house in the impeachment hearings. If you are looking for inspiration, check out her speech here:
http://ow.ly/za1N50zWKrv

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Caption : Congresswoman Barbara Jordan as photographed by @annieleibovitz. She brought down the house in the impeachment hearings. If you are looking for inspiration, check out her speech here: http://ow.ly/za1N50zWKrv
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Anna Deavere Smith - 524 Likes - How are we going to manage to get beyond the smallness of our own lives and begin to see ourselves as American citizens broadly? I’m a provocateur. I don’t know the answers, but I can just try to pose the questions.
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Read my interview, “Anna Deavere Smith Strives Toward a More Perfect Union,” in The @villagevoice. Link in today’s story.
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Photo: Kwaku-Alston / @hbo

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Caption : How are we going to manage to get beyond the smallness of our own lives and begin to see ourselves as American citizens broadly? I’m a provocateur. I don’t know the answers, but I can just try to pose the questions. – Read my interview, “Anna Deavere Smith Strives Toward a More Perfect Union,” in The @villagevoice. Link in today’s story. – Photo: Kwaku-Alston / @hbo
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Anna Deavere Smith - 508 Likes - There's NOTHING like a community of poets and writers. Here I am, fully inspired, circa 1983. Squaw Valley Writers Conference. Walks at night in the mountains, under the stars - sharing ideas, encouragement, and possibilities. @communityofwriters

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Caption : There’s NOTHING like a community of poets and writers. Here I am, fully inspired, circa 1983. Squaw Valley Writers Conference. Walks at night in the mountains, under the stars – sharing ideas, encouragement, and possibilities. @communityofwriters
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Anna Deavere Smith - 503 Likes - I'm honored that @gracecathedral San Francisco has invited me to deliver a guest sermon this Sunday, June 7th. The service will be streamed at 2pm ET / 11am PT on Facebook and at www.gracecathedral.org. I hope you'll join us. #GraceAtHome #graceisonline

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Caption : I’m honored that @gracecathedral San Francisco has invited me to deliver a guest sermon this Sunday, June 7th. The service will be streamed at 2pm ET / 11am PT on Facebook and at www.gracecathedral.org. I hope you’ll join us. #GraceAtHome #graceisonline
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Anna Deavere Smith - 474 Likes - I write for @nytimes about the first time a white person used the word "love" in relation to me, when I was in high school in Baltimore. Link in my story.
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Photographs by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

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Caption : I write for @nytimes about the first time a white person used the word “love” in relation to me, when I was in high school in Baltimore. Link in my story. – Photographs by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
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Anna Deavere Smith - 469 Likes - When Pastor @jamalhbryant preached at the funeral of Freddie Gray, he called Baltimore to action. "After this day, we gonna keep on marching. After this day, we gonna keep demanding justice." And the march continues.
Meet Pastor Bryant and some of the other people I interviewed about race in America in #NotesFromTheField, now free to watch on @HBO's YouTube channel. Link in bio.

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Caption : When Pastor @jamalhbryant preached at the funeral of Freddie Gray, he called Baltimore to action. “After this day, we gonna keep on marching. After this day, we gonna keep demanding justice.” And the march continues. Meet Pastor Bryant and some of the other people I interviewed about race in America in #NotesFromTheField, now free to watch on @HBO’s YouTube channel. Link in bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 450 Likes - In case you missed it, my conversation with Oskar Eustis of the Public Theater is now available to stream on Youtube. We talked in depth about the many changes American theater needs to make in order to become more equitable. Link in bio. Thank you to the Aspen Institute for hosting the conversation.

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Caption : In case you missed it, my conversation with Oskar Eustis of the Public Theater is now available to stream on Youtube. We talked in depth about the many changes American theater needs to make in order to become more equitable. Link in bio. Thank you to the Aspen Institute for hosting the conversation.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 449 Likes - “If you say a word often enough it becomes you.” My grandfather told me that. The result is a form of theater and now film. Trekking the country trying to discover America through its words.
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#ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField streaming now @hbo

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Caption : “If you say a word often enough it becomes you.” My grandfather told me that. The result is a form of theater and now film. Trekking the country trying to discover America through its words. – #ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField streaming now @hbo
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Anna Deavere Smith - 447 Likes - Talked with @esperanzaspalding in the Rare Books room at @strandbookstore on Friday, to launch her new album 'Twelve Little Spells.' It’s much more than an album. It’s a magic potion.

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Caption : Talked with @esperanzaspalding in the Rare Books room at @strandbookstore on Friday, to launch her new album ‘Twelve Little Spells.’ It’s much more than an album. It’s a magic potion.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 440 Likes - Mayor Michael Tubbs was elected at the age of 26, the youngest mayor in Stockton’s history. He’s a leader who’s changing the narrative of his city. In this moment, it’s clearer than ever. Young people are leading the way.
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Change the conversation. Change the system. #NotesFromTheField

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Caption : Mayor Michael Tubbs was elected at the age of 26, the youngest mayor in Stockton’s history. He’s a leader who’s changing the narrative of his city. In this moment, it’s clearer than ever. Young people are leading the way. – Change the conversation. Change the system. #NotesFromTheField
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Anna Deavere Smith - 431 Likes - There are a lot of people right now looking to be civically involved, and artists and students of art looking to apply their art to making this world a better, kinder, fairer place. I’m excited about what’s going to happen.
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#ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField, streaming now on @hbo.

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Caption : There are a lot of people right now looking to be civically involved, and artists and students of art looking to apply their art to making this world a better, kinder, fairer place. I’m excited about what’s going to happen. – #ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField, streaming now on @hbo.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 430 Likes - Jeff Ho of Zephyr Surfboards sent me this jacket. A magical way to take on 2021. Hopeaholically, I wish you a good year!

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Caption : Jeff Ho of Zephyr Surfboards sent me this jacket. A magical way to take on 2021. Hopeaholically, I wish you a good year!
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Anna Deavere Smith - 421 Likes - "Do your part. Honor the sacrifice of those who marched and protested, those who were beaten and left bloody, those who gave the last full measure of devotion so that each and every one of us can exercise our right to vote. You can change America." - @repjohnlewis

Pictured: John Lewis forced to the ground by state troopers in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 1965 during Bloody Sunday. Courtesy AP file photo. #Vote

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Caption : “Do your part. Honor the sacrifice of those who marched and protested, those who were beaten and left bloody, those who gave the last full measure of devotion so that each and every one of us can exercise our right to vote. You can change America.” – @repjohnlewis Pictured: John Lewis forced to the ground by state troopers in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 1965 during Bloody Sunday. Courtesy AP file photo. #Vote
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Anna Deavere Smith - 420 Likes - "Alvin [Ailey] wanted to be as broadly based as possible, because he thought already, with him just setting foot on stage, that was a political statement." HYMN, Judith Jamison's stunning tribute to Alvin Ailey, including interviews I conducted with Ailey dancers, is available to stream on Youtube for the next week. Link in bio.

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Caption : “Alvin [Ailey] wanted to be as broadly based as possible, because he thought already, with him just setting foot on stage, that was a political statement.” HYMN, Judith Jamison’s stunning tribute to Alvin Ailey, including interviews I conducted with Ailey dancers, is available to stream on Youtube for the next week. Link in bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 409 Likes - Please join me this Wednesday evening for a new in-depth discussion: On Art and Activism presented by @92ndstreety at 8pm ET. I will be in converzation with Agnes Gund and Catherine Gund about @aggiemovie, a feature length documentary which explores the nexus of art, race, and justice.

Link in Bio via linktree

#art #justice #activism

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Caption : Please join me this Wednesday evening for a new in-depth discussion: On Art and Activism presented by @92ndstreety at 8pm ET. I will be in converzation with Agnes Gund and Catherine Gund about @aggiemovie, a feature length documentary which explores the nexus of art, race, and justice. Link in Bio via linktree #art #justice #activism
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Anna Deavere Smith - 387 Likes - "Ever yours, Vincent."

Join me tonight at 8PM EST for a reading of Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo, as part of @themuseumofmodernart's #MoMAVirtualViews. Link in bio.

Image credit: Vincent van Gogh. "The Starry Night." Saint Rémy, June 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4" (73.7 x 92.1 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange). Conservation was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Caption : “Ever yours, Vincent.” Join me tonight at 8PM EST for a reading of Van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo, as part of @themuseumofmodernart’s #MoMAVirtualViews. Link in bio. Image credit: Vincent van Gogh. “The Starry Night.” Saint Rémy, June 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4″ (73.7 x 92.1 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange). Conservation was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 380 Likes - If you missed last night's broadcast of #NotesFromTheField on @HBO, it's not too late to watch it on demand. The full film is now available on HBO's YouTube channel - no subscription required! Change the conversation. Change the system. Link in bio.

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Caption : If you missed last night’s broadcast of #NotesFromTheField on @HBO, it’s not too late to watch it on demand. The full film is now available on HBO’s YouTube channel – no subscription required! Change the conversation. Change the system. Link in bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 380 Likes - Always honored to share the stage with Valerie Jarrett. (Feb. 19, 2018 at 92nd Street Y. Photo: Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography)

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Caption : Always honored to share the stage with Valerie Jarrett. (Feb. 19, 2018 at 92nd Street Y. Photo: Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography)
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Anna Deavere Smith - 379 Likes - "A lot of us were taught to live silently... with your brokenness... and I don't think that's the way forward." –Bryan Stevenson

Photo: James Duncan Davidson

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Caption : “A lot of us were taught to live silently… with your brokenness… and I don’t think that’s the way forward.” –Bryan Stevenson Photo: James Duncan Davidson
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Caption : “A lot of us were taught to live silently… with your brokenness… and I don’t think that’s the way forward.” –Bryan Stevenson Photo: James Duncan Davidson
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Anna Deavere Smith - 378 Likes - This Monday at 7pm, I'll be talking to Sarah Rodman of Entertainment Weekly about race and some of my work, which is now streaming online, along with works by other playwrights of color. Check out this list (linked below) of plays from The New York Times on the subject of black lives and racism, and join me tomorrow for the conversation at the link in my bio.
http://ow.ly/ON4A50A7hP0

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Caption : This Monday at 7pm, I’ll be talking to Sarah Rodman of Entertainment Weekly about race and some of my work, which is now streaming online, along with works by other playwrights of color. Check out this list (linked below) of plays from The New York Times on the subject of black lives and racism, and join me tomorrow for the conversation at the link in my bio. http://ow.ly/ON4A50A7hP0
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Anna Deavere Smith - 378 Likes - In December, @emersoncollective invited me to be a part of their Demo Day. I'm thrilled to be able to share some video from the day - link in bio.
The portrait I presented was of Bryan Stevenson, of the @eji_org. I interviewed Mr. Stevenson last spring as part of my Pipeline Project, and some of his stories were included in the production of #NotesfromtheField which ran in London that summer.

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Caption : In December, @emersoncollective invited me to be a part of their Demo Day. I’m thrilled to be able to share some video from the day – link in bio. The portrait I presented was of Bryan Stevenson, of the @eji_org. I interviewed Mr. Stevenson last spring as part of my Pipeline Project, and some of his stories were included in the production of #NotesfromtheField which ran in London that summer.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 375 Likes - Rich kids get "mischief." Poor gets get pathologized and incarcerated. Let's #ChangeTheConversation.
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#NotesFromTheField re-airs today at 8 PM on @hbo 2.

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Caption : Rich kids get “mischief.” Poor gets get pathologized and incarcerated. Let’s #ChangeTheConversation. – #NotesFromTheField re-airs today at 8 PM on @hbo 2.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 375 Likes - How to change the system? Start where you are. Thanks to Valerie Jarrett and Van Jones for last night’s conversation on education and incarceration systems, art, and policy.

Thanks also to Kristi Zea, the director of Notes From The Field, Marcus Shelby, the first artist to work with me on Notes From The Field, Ann Hould-Ward, costume designer, and Len Amato, head of HBO Films, who were in attendance.

Photos: Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography

@valeriebjarrett @vanjones68 @marcusshelby @92ndstreety @cnn @hbo #NotesFromTheField

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Caption : How to change the system? Start where you are. Thanks to Valerie Jarrett and Van Jones for last night’s conversation on education and incarceration systems, art, and policy. Thanks also to Kristi Zea, the director of Notes From The Field, Marcus Shelby, the first artist to work with me on Notes From The Field, Ann Hould-Ward, costume designer, and Len Amato, head of HBO Films, who were in attendance. Photos: Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography @valeriebjarrett @vanjones68 @marcusshelby @92ndstreety @cnn @hbo #NotesFromTheField
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Anna Deavere Smith - 360 Likes - Sometimes we have to go from rage, to grief, to transformation. Feels like a transformation is coming. #NotesFromTheField

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Caption : Sometimes we have to go from rage, to grief, to transformation. Feels like a transformation is coming. #NotesFromTheField
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Anna Deavere Smith - 350 Likes - Join us for a special three-part series featuring a conversation and keystone talk on reimagining education starting tomorrow! #lincolncenter #education #keystone Visit lincolncenter.org for more info!

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Caption : Join us for a special three-part series featuring a conversation and keystone talk on reimagining education starting tomorrow! #lincolncenter #education #keystone Visit lincolncenter.org for more info!
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Anna Deavere Smith - 346 Likes - A great teacher of artists, Kristin Linklater, has died. She gave us so much including the following thought, so pertinent to now: “...the purpose of growing as a human being must be to look at and listen to the whole human condition with increased understanding and compassion, and, in the case of the artist, to shed an ever brighter light on the causes of humanity’s more egregious errors.” ~ Kristin Linklater, “Thoughts on Theatre, Therapy, and the Art of Voice”

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Caption : A great teacher of artists, Kristin Linklater, has died. She gave us so much including the following thought, so pertinent to now: “…the purpose of growing as a human being must be to look at and listen to the whole human condition with increased understanding and compassion, and, in the case of the artist, to shed an ever brighter light on the causes of humanity’s more egregious errors.” ~ Kristin Linklater, “Thoughts on Theatre, Therapy, and the Art of Voice”
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Anna Deavere Smith - 341 Likes - I’m so pleased to be a resident playwright as part of @signaturetheatre's 2019-2020 season.
They’ll be reviving my plays Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, with two exciting young directors at the helm.

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Caption : I’m so pleased to be a resident playwright as part of @signaturetheatre’s 2019-2020 season. They’ll be reviving my plays Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, with two exciting young directors at the helm.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 331 Likes - Tonight, we revisit America in the aftermath of the L.A. riots of 1992 in the film of my play #TwilightLosAngeles. Airs 10pm on PBS and online at PBS.org. ⁣
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Do you remember where you were when Los Angeles erupted in 1992?

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Caption : Tonight, we revisit America in the aftermath of the L.A. riots of 1992 in the film of my play #TwilightLosAngeles. Airs 10pm on PBS and online at PBS.org. ⁣ ⁣ Do you remember where you were when Los Angeles erupted in 1992?
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Anna Deavere Smith - 330 Likes - So happy to be back in the classroom again. Wonderful, exciting students from NYU Tisch Department of Art and Public Policy. @nyuniversity @nyutisch

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Caption : So happy to be back in the classroom again. Wonderful, exciting students from NYU Tisch Department of Art and Public Policy. @nyuniversity @nyutisch
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Anna Deavere Smith - 329 Likes - Maxine Waters continues to speak for change. Check out her thoughts on the 2020 riots in the interviewed linked below, then her more of her story in our rebroadcast of #TwilightLosAngeles this Monday (6/8) on PBS, and streaming online for free beginning next week.

Photo: Gage Skidmore

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Caption : Maxine Waters continues to speak for change. Check out her thoughts on the 2020 riots in the interviewed linked below, then her more of her story in our rebroadcast of #TwilightLosAngeles this Monday (6/8) on PBS, and streaming online for free beginning next week. Photo: Gage Skidmore
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Anna Deavere Smith - 329 Likes - TOMORROW (6/2) at 6PM: Rebroadcast of #NotesFromTheField. “The moments when we move are the moments we have to confront ourselves” – Sherrilyn Ifill

On all HBO platforms. #HBOFilms

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Caption : TOMORROW (6/2) at 6PM: Rebroadcast of #NotesFromTheField. “The moments when we move are the moments we have to confront ourselves” – Sherrilyn Ifill On all HBO platforms. #HBOFilms
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Anna Deavere Smith - 327 Likes - This is my interview with Kevin Moore, the man who filmed the last moments of Freddie Gray's life. I’ve been in the theater now for the greater part of my life, and one of the most extraordinary things that has happened is a young friend of Freddie Gray came to my play. He cried and cried, and could not be consoled, and he said this was the first time he had to grieve Freddie Gray’s death. Sometimes we have to go from rage, to grief, to transformation.

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Caption : This is my interview with Kevin Moore, the man who filmed the last moments of Freddie Gray’s life. I’ve been in the theater now for the greater part of my life, and one of the most extraordinary things that has happened is a young friend of Freddie Gray came to my play. He cried and cried, and could not be consoled, and he said this was the first time he had to grieve Freddie Gray’s death. Sometimes we have to go from rage, to grief, to transformation.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 324 Likes - Since the beginning of my research for Notes From The Field in 2013, I interviewed over 250 people in four main geographic areas: Northern California, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and South Carolina. Here's a clip from one of those interviews. #NotesFromTheField

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Caption : Since the beginning of my research for Notes From The Field in 2013, I interviewed over 250 people in four main geographic areas: Northern California, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and South Carolina. Here’s a clip from one of those interviews. #NotesFromTheField
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Anna Deavere Smith - 324 Likes - Thank you @lilly_works for a great conversation. #ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField @blavity @hbo -
Repost from @theccnyc - Do Something. Reactivate Activism. @annadeaveresmith x @lilly_works ✊🏾⚡️

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Caption : Thank you @lilly_works for a great conversation. #ChangeTheConversation #NotesFromTheField @blavity @hbo – Repost from @theccnyc – Do Something. Reactivate Activism. @annadeaveresmith x @lilly_works ✊🏾⚡️
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Anna Deavere Smith - 322 Likes - Repost from @speakerpelosi
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The person who is running the Executive Branch of our government is deranged, unhinged, and dangerous. @60Minutes

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Caption : Repost from @speakerpelosi • The person who is running the Executive Branch of our government is deranged, unhinged, and dangerous. @60Minutes
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Anna Deavere Smith - 313 Likes - Tomorrow at 12noon EST is part 2 of the Lincoln Center's 3 part series. Join me for this insightful talk on education in America. Q&A to follow.

#LCactivate #lincolncenterathome #virtualevent #education #arts #artists #educators

Image credits go to the Lincoln center AT HOME.

Visit lincolncenter.org for more info.

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Caption : Tomorrow at 12noon EST is part 2 of the Lincoln Center’s 3 part series. Join me for this insightful talk on education in America. Q&A to follow. #LCactivate #lincolncenterathome #virtualevent #education #arts #artists #educators Image credits go to the Lincoln center AT HOME. Visit lincolncenter.org for more info.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 307 Likes - I recently had the honor of working with Getty (@gettymuseum) and Tess Taylor (@tessathon) on a new podcast called Recording Artists: Intimate Addresses, a show exploring the lives of artists through the letters they wrote.

What an exciting experience to voice artistic luminaries such as Frida Kahlo, Marcel Duchamp, and Meret Oppenheim. Much like the work I have done in the theater for over four decades now, I walked in these artists' words by reading letters that each of them wrote — verbatim.

It was a privilege becoming these inspiring individuals, however briefly. And I hope you can take some time to listen to this podcast and discover a new — and intimate — side to these public figures.

Recording Artists is available everywhere you find podcasts.

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Caption : I recently had the honor of working with Getty (@gettymuseum) and Tess Taylor (@tessathon) on a new podcast called Recording Artists: Intimate Addresses, a show exploring the lives of artists through the letters they wrote. What an exciting experience to voice artistic luminaries such as Frida Kahlo, Marcel Duchamp, and Meret Oppenheim. Much like the work I have done in the theater for over four decades now, I walked in these artists’ words by reading letters that each of them wrote — verbatim. It was a privilege becoming these inspiring individuals, however briefly. And I hope you can take some time to listen to this podcast and discover a new — and intimate — side to these public figures. Recording Artists is available everywhere you find podcasts.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 300 Likes - So cool to be reimagined by @rubenbolling today as I #WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day!

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Caption : So cool to be reimagined by @rubenbolling today as I #WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day!
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Anna Deavere Smith - 298 Likes - With wonderful Sarah Manyika. Yesterday she spoke at Schomberg Festival about her book “Between Starshine and Clay”

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Caption : With wonderful Sarah Manyika. Yesterday she spoke at Schomberg Festival about her book “Between Starshine and Clay”
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Anna Deavere Smith - 293 Likes - Thanks to @sagaftrafound and Richard Ridge of @officialbroadwayworld for last week's fantastic conversation. Link to video in today’s story. #NotesFromTheField

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Caption : Thanks to @sagaftrafound and Richard Ridge of @officialbroadwayworld for last week’s fantastic conversation. Link to video in today’s story. #NotesFromTheField
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Anna Deavere Smith - 285 Likes - Many thanks to Dr. Christopher Emdin for joining me today for a captivating talk presented by Lincoln Center! Don't miss the next two!

Visit www.lincolncenter.org

This is a 3 part series, April 8th & 10th. Up next: we will be discussing #education in America, the historical context that affects this system today, and how #teachers and #schools can work toward bringing #humanity into their institutions. #LCactivate #LincolnCenter #Arts
Picture credits - created and owned by Lincoln Center AT HOME

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Caption : Many thanks to Dr. Christopher Emdin for joining me today for a captivating talk presented by Lincoln Center! Don’t miss the next two! Visit www.lincolncenter.org This is a 3 part series, April 8th & 10th. Up next: we will be discussing #education in America, the historical context that affects this system today, and how #teachers and #schools can work toward bringing #humanity into their institutions. #LCactivate #LincolnCenter #Arts Picture credits – created and owned by Lincoln Center AT HOME
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Anna Deavere Smith - 282 Likes - I am honored to be speaking today at the grand opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice with @ava and Elizabeth Alexander.
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#Repost @mempeacejustice
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"Most people in this country can't name a single African American who was lynched between 1877-1950 even though thousands of African Americans were subjected to this violence” -Bryan Stevenson, on the importance of creating a consciousness about our history and telling the truth.

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Caption : I am honored to be speaking today at the grand opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice with @ava and Elizabeth Alexander. … #Repost @mempeacejustice … “Most people in this country can’t name a single African American who was lynched between 1877-1950 even though thousands of African Americans were subjected to this violence” -Bryan Stevenson, on the importance of creating a consciousness about our history and telling the truth.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 279 Likes - "It was like a storm! Like the eye of a storm!" –Henry Keith Watson. Revisit the aftermath of the Rodney King riots with us tomorrow (6/8) in our rebroadcast of #TwilightLosAngeles at 10pm on PBS, and streaming online for free at PBS.org.

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Caption : “It was like a storm! Like the eye of a storm!” –Henry Keith Watson. Revisit the aftermath of the Rodney King riots with us tomorrow (6/8) in our rebroadcast of #TwilightLosAngeles at 10pm on PBS, and streaming online for free at PBS.org.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 275 Likes - Atlanta is burning again after the death of #RayshardBrooks. I will be talking to Sarah Rodman of @EW as part of @92Y's series on confronting hate, streaming online tomorrow, (Monday, 6/15) at 7pm ET. Link in bio.

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Caption : Atlanta is burning again after the death of #RayshardBrooks. I will be talking to Sarah Rodman of @EW as part of @92Y’s series on confronting hate, streaming online tomorrow, (Monday, 6/15) at 7pm ET. Link in bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 273 Likes - At 5pm this evening, I'll be talking to Oskar Eustis of the Public Theater in a conversation on the future of live theatre and it's audience. The virtual event, hosted by the Aspen Institute, is free, but registration is required. Link in bio.

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Caption : At 5pm this evening, I’ll be talking to Oskar Eustis of the Public Theater in a conversation on the future of live theatre and it’s audience. The virtual event, hosted by the Aspen Institute, is free, but registration is required. Link in bio.
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Anna Deavere Smith - 270 Likes - Years after his pivotal role in the truce between the bloods and crips in Los Angeles, Twilight Bey works to end gang violence in London. Hear his story in #TwilightLosAngeles TOMORROW, Monday June 8th, in a rebroadcast at 10pm, as well as online at PBS.org, where the rebrocast can be streamed for free.

Photo: Jeremy Selwyn

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Caption : Years after his pivotal role in the truce between the bloods and crips in Los Angeles, Twilight Bey works to end gang violence in London. Hear his story in #TwilightLosAngeles TOMORROW, Monday June 8th, in a rebroadcast at 10pm, as well as online at PBS.org, where the rebrocast can be streamed for free. Photo: Jeremy Selwyn
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