Anna Deveare Smith/Twilight

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Los Angeles Riots, "Charting the Hours of Chaos",  Los Angeles

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A time line detailing the events of the riot. Note specifically how little such an overview of the events can really tell us about causes, motives, reactions, or eventually what the riot would mean for the citizens of los angeles. Its surprising how narrow an "objective" recording of events can often seem. by tfristrom Apr 8

YouTube - Rodney King

Original footage of the Rodney King beating, one year before the riots. by tfristrom Apr 8

YouTube - Rodney King - Riots - Los Angeles - May 1992

News report covering Rodney King's plea for stopping the violence. by tfristrom Apr 8

YouTube - LA Riots - Reginald Denny

This is the footage of Reginald Denny which we see in the movie version of Smith's play. by tfristrom Apr 8

The Shades of Loss The following is adapted from an essay by Smith on the making of her stage piece, "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," which is the basis for the film. In May 1992 I was commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles to create a one-woman performance piece about the civil disturbances in that city the month before. "Twilight: Los Angeles," 1992 was the product of my search for the character of Los Angeles in the wake of the initial Rodney King verdict -- which, depending on your point of view, would be variously referred to as a "riot," an "uprising," and/or a "rebellion."

Shades of Loss

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/stageonscreen/twilight/shades.html

This is an adaptation of an Anna Deavre Smith about the making of Twilight Los Angeles, 1992. by tfristrom Apr 8

Anna Deavere Smith's American character | Video on TED.com

The links connected to this node are some of the more visible characters (all that I could find anyway) in Twilight. Jessye Norman, Elaine young, Daryl Gates, Cornel West, Maxine Waters, Alice Waters, Elaine Brown, Bill Bradley, and Twilight Bey. by tfristrom Apr 8

This is a talk Anna Deavere Smith gave about her work as a whole, given the performance of four characters--including Mrs. Young-Soon Han from Twilight. As much as she shifts around characters in performing the play, this and Twilight Bey's are something of a constant, closing out the play. by tfristrom Apr 8

http://fora.tv/2007/07/04/Jessye_Norman_and_Anna_Deavere_Smith#chapter_01

FORA.tv - Jessye Norman and Anna Deavere Smith

Jessye Norman is one of the most celebrated contemporary opera singers and recitalists in the world and a 2007 Aspen Institute Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence. A distinguished American soprano, she pursued formal musical studies at Howard University, the Peabody Conservatory, and the University of Michigan. In 2009 she curated Honor! , a celebration of the African American cultural legacy. She made her operatic debut in Berlin and soon conquered stages from Lincoln Center to Covent Garden and from Carnegie Hall to La Scala. Over the years she has won at least a dozen major singing competitions and has made many dozen more recordings.