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Born September 11, 1957 (age 69) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Deacon King Kong” • “Miracle at St. Anna” • “The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother” • “The Good Lord Bird” • “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”

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