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Black Stories Matter: Twinkle and Ezra Need You to Get Your White Men
Black Stories Matter: Twinkle and Ezra Need You to Get Your White Men
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18 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2020
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Podcast episode
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This is Episode 9, Season 2 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Stories Matter featuring TMI Project storytellers, mother-son duo Twinkle Burke and Ezra Hubbard. This episode was produced by Hayley Downs and mixed by Marlan Barry. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston. Special thanks to Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Kale Kaposhilin, Jimmy Buff, and North Guild Productions. Twinkle isn't a teacher or a nurse, but sometimes she plays one on TV. Because in the acting world, producers and writers like to cast women of color as nurturers: teachers and nurses being the most popular forms.11-year-old Ezra was playing in the street with his two friends when the cops were called for a "disturbance." During his questioning, Ezra began to worry about how he's perceived. He realized that he has a small panic attack every time he sees a police car.Twinkle and Ezra’s stories were presented as part of TMI Project's Black Stories Matter true storytelling performance Truth to Power, which was presented at Pointe of Praise Church in Kingston, NY on June 21, 2019.Useful Links: TMI Project: www.tmiproject.org
Released:
Dec 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (77)
S01E02: Dusty Childers: TMI Project storyteller Dusty Lynn Childers grew up in Gaffney, South Carolina. As a kid young Dusty felt pressure to fit in and that meant assuming a masculine persona that didn’t quite ring true. Dusty’s story is about the day his straight-talking mother, who he calls a “rainbow dipped witch,” called him out on it. We met Dusty through our partnership with the national LGBTQ suicide prevention organization, The Trevor Project, in which ten storytellers from around the country convened in NYC for a marathon week of TMI Project storytelling workshops culminating in Life Lines: Queer Stories of Survival, a live performance at the Signature Theater off Broadway. by The TMI Project Story Hour