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2. www.ted.com › talks › anna_deavere_smith_fourAnna Deavere Smith: Four American characters | TED Talk

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   Writer and actor Anna Deavere Smith gives life to author Studs Terkel, convict Paulette Jenkins, a Korean shopkeeper and a bull rider, excerpts from her solo show "On the Road: A Search for American Character."

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   Mar 23, 2007 · Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10. http://www.ted.com Writer and actor Anna Deavere Smith gives life to author Studs Terkel, convict Paulette...

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   • This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. Anna Deavere Smith's ground-breaking solo shows blur the lines between theater and journalism, using text from real-life encounters to create gripping portraits.

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   • Writer and actor Anna Deavere Smith gives life to author Studs Terkel, convict Paulette Jenkins, a Korean shopkeeper and a bull rider, excerpts from her solo show "On the Road: A Search for American Character." This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

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   • Her play, Let Me Down Easy, premiered this year at the Long Wharf Theater. Deavere Smith is perhaps best known for her examination of race relations, having written and performed Fires in the Mirror, a raw view of those affected by the Crown Heights riots of 1991, and Twilight: Los Angeles, which tackled the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Anna_Deavere_SmithAnna Deavere Smith - Wikipedia

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   Anna Deavere Smith at IMDb; Anna Deavere Smith at the Internet Broadway Database; Anna Deavere Smith PBS Now, 2006; Anna Deavere Smith at TED. TED Talk: Anna Deavere Smith: Four American characters (TED2005) A.W. Mellon Lectures series from 2024; on YouTube

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   Dec 22, 2016 · TEDArchive presents previously unpublished talks from TED conferences. Enjoy this unedited talk by Anna Deveare Smith. Filmed at TED Talks Live in 2015. Playwright, actress and professor Anna...

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7. www.npr.org › 2021/02/11 › 967079455Anna Deavere Smith On What It Takes To Bring About Change

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   Feb 11, 2021 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress and writer Anna Deavere Smith about her essay, The Last of the Nice Negro Girls, which is part of The Atlantic's Inheritance project.

8. tricycle.org › magazine › wearing-words-interviewWearing the Words: An Interview with Anna Deavere Smith

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   Smith is currently the Ann O’Day Maples Professor of the Arts at Stanford University. Tricycle caught up with Smith in Manhattan, following the Broadway run of Twilight. From the opening performance of Anna Deavere Smith’s one-woman show Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, in which she recreates the characters involved in the 1992 L.A. riots.