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Lena Waithe on mixed feelings towards Blaxploitation
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Producer, actor and writer Lena Waithe on the mixed feelings Blaxploitation evokes.
The role of women entertainers in the civil rights movement
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Historian Ruth Feldstein on the role of women entertainers in the civil rights movement.
Why Cicely Tyson was selective about her acting roles
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Tyson was mindful of how she performed Black womanhood.
Charley Pride: I’m Just Me Preview
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Follow the country music superstar’s journey from segregated Mississippi to Nashville.
Why did Flannery O'Connor detest "Gone with the Wind"?
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She reportedly “couldn’t stand” the romanticized, Hollywood version of the old South.
What's it like choreographing a dance for Zoom?
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Tharp discovers a technical challenge that makes choreographing virtually even harder.
The time Twyla Tharp setup a performance in Central Park
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Archival footage shows one of Twyla Tharp's dances in Central Park amongst the public.
Twyla Tharp's very valuable college decision
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How Tharp directed her own education at Barnard College.
How does Twyla Tharp create new dances?
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Twyla Tharp's creative process is very physical.
The time Twyla Tharp pushed David Byrne to his limits
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In 1981, Twyla Tharp commissioned David Byrne of the Talking Heads to write music for her.
Tharp and Baryshnikov's "totally unexpected" collaboration
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The collaboration was "lightening in a bottle," according to Tharp.
Doc Severinsen's fitness routine
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Doc Severinsen goes tot he gym everyday. He also swears by a special preworkout meal.
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