Five Days in July promo

:24 promo for Five Days in July special 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. Playwright Tracey Scott Wilson's plays have been staged at New York's famed The Public Theater/NYSF and at regional theatres around the country. Her upcoming play, The Good Negro, being workshoped at the2007Sundance Institute's Theatre Lab, has been optioned by the Public Theater/NYSF for a spring 2008 production. She earned two Van Lier Fellowships, residencies at the Sundance Institute and Ucross Foundation, and received the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award and the Kesserling Prize. 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. MORE INFORMATION: Call CREATIVE PR [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=uaszoacab.0.0.tuwj9sbab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativepr.org%2F&id=preview] at 888-233-5650 or email info@creativepr.org [mailto:info@creativepr.org] or 5daysinJuly@gmail.com [mailto:5daysinJuly@gmail.com].