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Between the World and Me (2020)
Director: Kamilah Forbes
Cast: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Bassett, Alicia Garza, Jharrel Jerome
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Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
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Directed by Kamilah Forbes, this 2020 documentary blends powerful readings from Ta-Nehisi Coates' acclaimed book with intimate home footage and animation, creating a visceral, deeply personal exploration of the Black experience in America that will resonate with fans of thought-provoking, genre-blending films.
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Between the World and Me is a 2015 nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Spiegel & Grau. It was written by Coates as a letter to his then-teenage son about his perception of what the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States are. Coates recapitulates American history and explains to his son "racist violence that has been woven into American culture." Coates draws from an abridged, autobiographical account of his youth in Baltimore, detailing his beliefs about the ways in which, to him, institutions like schools, the local police, and even "the streets" discipline, endanger, and threaten to "disembody" black men and women.
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