Going Deep with Anna Deavere Smith on Love and Justice
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In our final episode of the Shook By A Book series, Kelly talks with actor, writer and celebrated creative mind, Anna Deavere Smith about two texts that have stayed with her over the years: Letter From A Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dibs in Search of Self: The Renowned, Deeply Moving Story of an Emotionally Lost Child Who Found His Way Back by Virginia M. Axline.
…. Anna breaks down why these two very different texts have been so affecting for her and how they inform her work.
Special thanks to The Teagle Foundation for their generous support of this series.
Check out Anna performing Letter From a Birmingham Jail at the historic Stanford Memorial Church in 2015.
You can also watch Kelly's Tell Me More interview with Anna at pbs.org/kelly.
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