EPISODE · Oct 18, 2019 · 48 MIN
Episode Three: A Cemetery Angel
from Points South · host Hiss Golden Messenger, MC Taylor, Sara A. Lewis, Spacebomb, Los Texmaniacs, Ruth Coker Burks, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Maxwell George, Fayetteville Roots
THE PROLOGUEKnown as Arkansas’s “cemetery angel,” Ruth Coker Burks provided end-of-life care for patients with AIDS in Hot Springs during the height of the AIDS crisis and buried their remains in her family’s cemetery.IN ADAPTATION“Three Encounters” by John Jeremiah Sullivan.Performed by MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger.Produced by Spacebomb and Maxwell GeorgeIN SESSIONA Fayetteville Roots Festival performance by Los Texmaniacs.
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Ruth Coker Burks, Arkansas’s “cemetery angel,” provided end-of-life care for patients with AIDS in Hot Springs during the height of the AIDS crisis and buried their remains in her family’s cemetery. Later, MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger reads “Three Encounters” by John Jeremiah Sullivan. Plus: Los Texmaniacs perform live from the Fayetteville Roots Festival.
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