EPISODE · Sep 30, 2020 · 31 MIN
123: Yoruba Richen on Breonna Taylor & Harry Belafonte
from Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film · host Thomas Powers
On Twitter: @redrubes14 @thompowers @PureNonfiction
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The New York Times Presents episode on “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” made its debut in September, the same week as The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Yoruba Richen directed both documentaries and discusses them with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers. Starting in June, Yoruba investigated the Louisville police shooting of Taylor in collaboration with reporter Rukmini Callimachi. Her project on Belafonte looks back to 1968 when he took the place of Johnny Carson for one week as host of the Tonight Show. The film was inspired by an article in The Nation by Joan Walsh. In talking about documentaries that rely on archives, Yoruba quotes filmmaker Shola Lynch: “commercial archives need to understand they can’t hold our history hostage.” Yoruba’s upcoming project is How It Feels to Be Free for PBS American Masters.
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123: Yoruba Richen on Breonna Taylor & Harry Belafonte
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