Holidays....Hollow Days
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Presents an original drama about Christmas in prison written by Rhozier T. "Roach" Brown, a convicted murderer, and performed by eight black inmates of the D.C. Lorton Reformatory. Reflects on the law and penal system and contrasts white, middle-class conceptions of Christmas with that of the ghetto black serving time in prison. Observes the drama being presented in a Capitol Hill church before an audience of blacks and whites who participate by questioning the inmate-actors as the drama progresses., Presents an original drama about Christmas in prison written by Rhozier T. "Roach" Brown, a convicted murderer, and performed by eight black inmates of the D.C. Lorton Reformatory. Reflects on the law and penal system and contrasts white, middle-class conceptions of Christmas with that of the ghetto black serving time in prison. Observes the drama being presented in a Capitol Hill church before an audience of blacks and whites who participate by questioning the inmate-actors as the drama progresses.
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, Presents an original drama about Christmas in prison written by Rhozier T. "Roach" Brown, a convicted murderer, and performed by eight black inmates of the D.C. Lorton Reformatory. Reflects on the law and penal system and contrasts white, middle-class conceptions of Christmas with that of the ghetto black serving time in prison. Observes the drama being presented in a Capitol Hill church before an audience of blacks and whites who participate by questioning the inmate-actors as the drama progresses.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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