Oakland is Unaffordable—Meet the Hustlers Securing Spaces for Artists
Assan Jethmal and Rozz Nash do the often thankless behind-the-scenes work of ensuring artists have places to thrive.
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Assan Jethmal and Rozz Nash do the often thankless behind-the-scenes work of ensuring artists have places to thrive.
Niema Jordan February 18, 2021Updated: February 23, 2021, 2:27 pm A healing circle scene from “When the Waters Get Deep.” Photo: Courtesy of KQED Arts & Culture “When the Waters Get Deep” begins with a close-up of hands flipping through the pages of an old photo album. Karega Bailey smiles at the memories. Looking at pictures of him and his friends as young children in Sacramento during the ’90s — Christmas mornings in front of the tree and scenes from the playground — he calls out a few names. His energy shifts as he explains that three of the nine young men in the...