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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities

one-woman play by Smith
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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities is a one-woman play by Anna Deavere Smith that premiered in 1992. The play examines the racial tensions in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, following an incident in 1991 where a Hasidic Jewish driver struck and killed an African American child. Smith conducted in-depth interviews and performed all 29 roles in the play, transitioning between characters to explore the complex identities and social issues at play. This work was a critical success and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.12

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