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Rhapsody in Black School Performance
Streaming Event
– Wed, Jan 6, 2021 12:01 AM 
Straddling the color line, not at home in any hue, a young man struggles with what it means to be black and discovers what it means to be a man.
Charting one man's odyssey through the juggernaut that is racism in America, Rhapsody in Black is a prismatic look at life on the color line--a poignant, enraging, and often hilarious travelogue through the psyche of the perpetual "other," as he spends a lifetime struggling with what it means to be black and finally comes to understand what it means to be a man. A blistering indictment of tribalism in all forms, Rhapsody in Black deconstructs notions of race and identity--provoking thought, realigning perspectives and sparking precisely the sort of conversation we all really need to be having right about now.
Recommended Grades: 9-12
Content available to stream on demand at a time of your choosing from January 6 through June 30, 2021. You may access content for your classroom multiple times. One registration per classroom required.
Streaming content includes:
• Pre-show Classroom Connections Workshop video
• Performance videos (in three segments, roughly 20 minutes each)
• Pre-recorded post-show workshop with the artist of Rhapsody in Black
• Pre-recorded Q&A video with the artist of Rhapsody in Black
• Post-show Classroom Connections Workshop video
Charting one man's odyssey through the juggernaut that is racism in America, Rhapsody in Black is a prismatic look at life on the color line--a poignant, enraging, and often hilarious travelogue through the psyche of the perpetual "other," as he spends a lifetime struggling with what it means to be black and finally comes to understand what it means to be a man. A blistering indictment of tribalism in all forms, Rhapsody in Black deconstructs notions of race and identity--provoking thought, realigning perspectives and sparking precisely the sort of conversation we all really need to be having right about now.
Recommended Grades: 9-12
Content available to stream on demand at a time of your choosing from January 6 through June 30, 2021. You may access content for your classroom multiple times. One registration per classroom required.
Streaming content includes:
• Pre-show Classroom Connections Workshop video
• Performance videos (in three segments, roughly 20 minutes each)
• Pre-recorded post-show workshop with the artist of Rhapsody in Black
• Pre-recorded Q&A video with the artist of Rhapsody in Black
• Post-show Classroom Connections Workshop video
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