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Cush Jumbo: On Growing Up Biracial & Performance
If you’re in New York, you don’t want to miss this one-woman show with Cush Jumbo at the Joe’s Pub, Josephine and I.
After a stunning Broadway run in The River with Hugh Jackman, Jumbo is owning the stage as the iconic Josephine Baker.
“I don’t need to be put into a box,” the English/Nigerian actress has said. Go see this show by an emerging and talented mixed actress who is dedicated to telling our stories!–Heidi Durrow, Festival Founder & Executive Director
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Let’s Talk About Being White: Be Part of a MTV Documentary on Race
This is a great opportunity to encourage discussions about race and difference with young folks. Check it out!–Heidi Durrow, Festival Founder
Where the Dead Pause & the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Mockett AVAILABLE NOW
I’m super-excited to tell you about a new book that is on shelves TODAY! You don’t want to miss this memoir–Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye– by writer Marie Mockett who is hapa. She has written a really touching story about coming to terms with loss after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami as she returns to Japan where her family’s Buddhist temple has suffered from the damaged nuclear reactor nearby. It’s a wonderful book that you don’t want to miss.–Heidi Durrow
Driving the King by Ravi Howard AVAILABLE NOW
If you are looking for another great read, then Driving the King by Ravi Howard is it! It’s the story of a young war veteran who returns home from Europe and ends up driving Nat King Cole as he tours. This is a poignant and powerful story about race and class in 1950s America.–Heidi Durrow
On Being “Jamish”: A New Memoir About a Jamaican-English Girl
I’m super excited about this memoir by Salena Godden called Springfield Road. Godden is the daughter of a white go-go dancer and a black jazz musician who is absent as she grows up. She recalls a childhood that many curly-haired kids will recognize particularly those who lived in isolated communities where they were the only “diversity” of the town.
Godden is a British, poet and performer who lives in London. The BBC has called her the “doyenne of the spoken word scene.” –Heidi Durrow
I was the only brown girl in the playground, definitely — in the village, actually. And, of course, being mixed race was really unusual. People didn’t really know what to call me. Half-caste, I suppose, but that felt like half of something and I’m definitely a whole Salena. There is not half of anything.–Salena Godden
You can listen to her NPR interview here. Get the book here.
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