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Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson
Year
2020
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
55m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
David Sadzin
Directed By
Andy T. Jones
Written By
Jen Bryant, Cannaday Chapman
Publication Information
Dreamscape Media
Summary
August Wilson (1945—2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic everyday voice of Black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both students and some teachers, August dropped out. However, he continued reading and educating himself independently. He felt that if he could read about it, then he could teach himself anything and accomplish anything. Like many of his plays, Feed Your Mind is told in two acts, revealing how Wilson grew up to be one of the most influential American playwrights.