'On Sugarland' Review: A Nameless War, and Too Many Wounds to Count
Inspired by Sophocles’ “Philoctetes,” Aleshea Harris uses poetic language, songs and symbolism to explore the trauma of being alive, especially for Black people.
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Inspired by Sophocles’ “Philoctetes,” Aleshea Harris uses poetic language, songs and symbolism to explore the trauma of being alive, especially for Black people.
In her new play On Sugarland, Aleshea Harris nods to Tennessee Williams in her look at life in a Southern cul-de-sac near an Army base
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Aleshea Harris and Whitney White craft a sprawling new work that blends Black storytelling with a host of other theatrical traditions.
"Mothers of the Revolution" (not rated, 1 hour, 42 minutes, Apple TV) This revealing and influential documentary, narrated by Glenda Jackson, follows a group of women who in 1981 marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest nuclear weapons being kept at RAF Greenham Common. The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp that followed challenged world leaders and inspired millions. With Georgie Oulton, Amelia Reynolds; directed by Briar March.