Jabari Asim, columnist for the Washington Post discusses the film in the scope of his op-ed, “Getting the Joke“:
… “Race is the Place,” a worthwhile documentary that will first air Nov. 22 on PBS, features a number of performers with similar aims. ..
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Read the Dallas Morning News review, “Blunt talk colors PBS special about race relations…”
By ED BARK / The Dallas Morning News
It’s teeming and often seething with words and images that cut through the core of standard-issue decorum.
PBS’ Race Is the Place boldly lives up to its billing as a one-hour “jam” that unflinchingly “yanks off […]
A “Best Bet”:
Independent Lens (10-11 p.m., KERA/Channel 13) Tonight’s film, Race Is the Place, looks at the big picture of race in America through artists’ eyes –artists such as an Egyptian-born comedian, a Puerto Rican poet and a Luiseno
Indian performance artist. You won’t find any of these people on the American Music Awards, but you’ll […]
Race is the Place was listed in the NY Times today, in the “What’s on tonight” section:
10 P.M. (13) INDEPENDENT LENS: RACE IS THE PLACE — Writers and performers of various ethnicities comment, directly and through their work, on racial attitudes. They include Mayda del Valle (left), Amiri Baraka, Haunani-Kay Trask, Beau Sia and Danny […]