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2001:

  1. A conversation about the change in America following 9/11
    A conversation about the change in America following...

    with Pete Hamill, Roger Rosenblatt, Anna Deavere Smith and more on Sep 19, 2001

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    60 min
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2000:

  1. A conversation with Anna Deavere Smith
    A conversation with Anna Deavere Smith

    with Anna Deavere Smith on Nov 14, 2000

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    15 min
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1998:

  1. An hour panel discussion about the most influential artist of the century
    An hour panel discussion about the most influential artist...

    with Norman Pearlstine, Sheryl Crow, Rob Reiner and more on May 25, 1998

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    52 min
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1995:

  1. A discussion about the Million Man March and Louis Farrakhan
    A discussion about the Million Man March and Louis Farrakhan

    with Errol McDonald, Anna Deavere Smith and Stanley Crouch on Oct 17, 1995

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    60 min
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Anna Deavere Smith (b. September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, playwright, and professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Smith is best-known as the author of “Fires in the Mirror,” which dealt with the 1991 Crown Heights Riot, and “Twilight: Los Angeles 1992,” which dealt with the 1992 Los Angeles riots, both of which featured Smith as the sole performer. In 1993 “Newsweek” declared her as “The most exciting individual in American theater.” Smith is the author of “Talk to me: Listening between the lines” published in 2000. Smith has appeared in several films, such as Philadelphia, The American President, and has recurring roles on The West Wing and The Practice.

Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Deavere_Smith