With Bryan Stevenson, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ruha Benjamin, and David Blight

In the second half of a two-part episode on the stories that shape our understanding of America, Kimberlé Crenshaw and special guests explore the ways that film and other technologies have reproduced and popularized these dominant stories. The episode examines Hollywood’s role in writing and rewriting history, and asks how we can begin writing new stories that tell the full story of us.

With:

RUHA BENJAMIN- Professor of American Studies, Princeton University; Author, Race After Technology

DAVID BLIGHT - Professor of American History, Yale University; Author, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

BRYAN STEVENSON - Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

VIET THANH NGUYEN- Professor of American Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California; Author, The Sympathizer

Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)

Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine

Support provided by Amarachi Anakaraonye, Rebecca Scheckman, Destiny Spruill, and the African American Policy Forum

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

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