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Enlightening and empathetic, the film tackles questions of race and class through compelling first-person stories, drawing on the accounts of well-known figures like Rep. John Lewis, NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill and activist Bree Newsome, as well as everyday people struggling in a broken system. Culled from hours of interviews conducted by Smith with more than 250 people across the country, NOTES FROM THE FIELD showcases her extraordinary gift for transforming herself into diverse characters as she recreates each person's speech patterns, movements and emotions.
Rating
NR
Director
Kristi Zea
Writer
Anna Deavere Smith
- This transported me. Anna embodied each of her subjects. This gave me a glimpse into each of these people's souls. I will never know what it must be like, but I want to understand, to help heal this world. I pray that this movement is successful. Thank you.Reply
- The repressive unfairness of this routine mistreatment of minorities & the underclass in general.Reply
- It's incredible. Im speechless, which is perFectly appropriate since im white and should mostly just listen.Reply
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