Podcast by The Weeksville Project
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The Weeksville Project: Mimi Harrison - Part Three
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The Weeksville Project: Mimi Harrison - Part ThreeWritten by Nichole Perkins. It's the late 1920's and Harlem is the new hot spot for Black people in New York. What does that mean for the Harrison family and for Weeksville?Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble:Narrator - Aiesha TurmanIsaiah - Derick CrossMimi - Ashley Miles Peter - David…
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The Weeksville Project: Isaiah Harrison - Part Two
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The Weeksville Project: Isaiah Harrison - Part TwoIt's the early 1900's, Weeksville and Brooklyn are flourishing and the Harrison family has grown.Written by Aiesha Turman, Keisha “TK” Dutes, and Conscious. and performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater EnsembleThank you to our Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble cast: Narrator - Aiesha TurmanCumberland -…
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The Weeksville Project: Cumberland Harrison - Part One
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The Weeksville Project: Cumberland Harrison - Part One.Written by Kenzi James Brooklyn in the mid 1800's is it's own city. Weeksville is a developing Free Black community and welcomes a new arrival from the South. Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble:Narrator - Aiesha TurmanCumberland - David RobertsAunt Miriam - Lacresha BerryVirginia/…
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The Weeksville Project’s first, 3 episode installment follows the fictional Harrison family through slice of life storytelling beginning with their patriarch, Cumberland’s arrival to Weeksville, Brooklyn after escaping slavery. Written individually, by a team of accomplished writers and researchers, each story is a moment in time focusing on a key …
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Q&A with program producer TK and cast of The Comet. Moderated by Marcus DarganReader/Actors: Narrator - Aiesha TurmanJim Davis: Dramatic DyalektJulia: Vanessa TanicienPresident/Father: Tumani EverettFred: Drew McConnellBlack Woman/ Bank Teller: Emma BracyDirected and sound designed by: Keisha "TK" DutesLive engineer: Walker ConsciousArt by: @freshd…
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Written by Du Bois in 1920, “The Comet” is set in a vaguely futuristic, yet oddly contemporary world, in which a passing comet casts a shadow of death over Manhattan. Only two people survive: Jim, a black man whose world has been one of poverty and hard work, and Julia, a white woman who knows only leisure and privilege. If humanity is to have a fu…
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