Rivas & Shokri Transcend Texts, Welcome East & West by Robert M. Gardner Around the Bay, the Pandemic has curtailed our favorite pastime—eating out at restaurants from Persian to Mexican, Polish to Malaysian. Food to go fails to fulfill the need sit down with friends and savor so many varied cuisines. The Pandemic has…
Marco Ramirez Exposes Perils of Black Sports Heroes by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz Jay “The Sport” Jackson is a hero. He knows it, everyone knows it. Khris Davis plays the role confidently, with sharp suits and supreme self-knowledge. Jay just wants to fight for the Heavyweight Championship against the Great White…
Blank & Jensen Rejuvenate Health Workers’ Gifts by Patricia L. Morin “The Line” is a heartache to watch. This beautifully crafted docu-drama by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen shows actors playing real-life Covid health workers giving emotional confessions. Blank and Jensen interview seven First Responders in New York City hospitals at the beginning of…
Aguirre, Lo, Ramirez Celebrate Power of Huelga—Strike! by Patricia L. Morin TheatreFirst’s audio docu-drama “More Than Grapes” captures the plight of thousands of abused grape pickers from 1965-1970 in Delano. Using undated reel-to-reel “Field Tapes” found in an abandoned school, writers Carlos Aguirre, Jeffrey Lo, and Lisa Ramirez create a kaleidoscope of historical and…