phatLiterature: 2004 || EP. NO. 5: Words on Stage
  • 15 years ago
phatLiterature, A Literary TV Program, features poets, writers and scholars who discuss the writing process and how that process reveals and defines their lives. It also provides insight into the historical, social, cultural and political connections that appear in their works, and enliven the exploration of literature and literary analysis with dramatizations and readings. phatLiterature also features a Q&A segment and showcases visual artists by integrating their works as part of the set design, including a 60- second segment, VISUAL SIGNATURES, which appears in each episode. http://www.phatliterature.org

This episode features Rana Kazkaz & Bridgit Evans; with visual artist Nikita Hunter
What happens when an Arab American woman and African American woman come together to create words on stage? Revolution! In this program, producers, screenwriters and actors Rana Kazkaz and Bridgit Evans discuss their works, the founding and development of their production company, THE KAZBAH PROJECT, and their involvement in theatre and political activism. This clip features Bridgit Evans.

phatLiterature is produced by Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc., a NY-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes multicultural literature and literacy. http://www.theiaas.org