American Voices: Katori Hall
Clip: Season 2 | 3m 39s
Playwright Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop,” a musing on Martin Luther King’s last night, played on Broadway with Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles. Her play “Hurt Village” takes place in a contemporary Memphis housing project. In this essay, she addresses breaking down assumptions about poverty.
Aired: 12/14/12
Expired: 12/14/17
