Five Days in July Special

Summary:

Radio drama on the 1967 Newark Riots followed by a panel discussion

Additional Credits and Funding:

Host - Nancy Giles
Executive Editor - Marty Goldensohn
Sound Mixers - Lisa M. Gray & David Rapkin
Sound Editor - Jon Kalish
Engineers - Charles Morrow and Conrad Sangrinetti

Funders:
David and Cathy Holmes
The New Jersey Council on the Humanities

Timely on:

July 12: July 12-17 40th Anniversary of 1967 Newark Riots

Tones:

Political, Provocative, Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

Description:
In the summer of 1967, a tidal wave of racial unrest swept across our nation's cities sparked by the violence that began in Newark, New Jersey on July 12th.

5 Days in July merges drama and documentary to re-examine
the historical events surrounding the 1967 Newark Riots.

Award-winning playwright and Newark resident Tracey Scott Wilson dramatizes Newark's five days of intense racial hostility, civil disobedience, and political turmoil. Directed by Chuck Schultz. Chad L. Coleman and Dion Graham from HBO's acclaimed series The Wire head the 14 member ensemble cast.

Host, Nancy Giles, essayist and commentator on "CBS Sunday Morning", introduces and closes the program.

Tracey Scott Wilson's current work includes THE STORY, produced at The Public Theater/NYSF. Additional productions include ORDER MY STEPS for Cornerstone Theater's Black Faith/AIDS project in Los Angeles; and EXHIBIT #9, which was produced in New York City by New Perspectives Theatre and Theatre Outrageous; LEADER OF THE PEOPLE produced at New Georges Theatre; two ten-minute plays produced at the Guthrie Theatre.

Filmmaker Chuck Schultz's documentary, THE RURAL STUDIO, a CPB/ITVS co-production, was broadcast throughout the US and exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art's 2002 Biennial. Visual artist Esther Podemski has exhibited nationally and her documentary film HOUSE OF THE WORLD has been shown in many festivals including the traveling Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.

Cast: Arnold Baker, Alia Chapman, Bernadette Drayton, David Wilson Barnes, Kevin Geer, Marc Daman Johnson, Bruce McViddy, Kevin Michael Kennedy, Tom Lyons, Brandon O'Neill Scott, Sharon Washington and William Wise.

Panelists:
* Eddie Glaude Jr., Princeton University Professor of Religion.
* Max Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark.
* Thomas Sugrue, Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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