CityLine: A new opera asks, "Is this America?"
White Snake Project, a local activist opera company that unites artmaking with civic practice is opening its season with an opera exploring the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called Is This America?. Composer and librettist Mary D. Watkins and Director Pascale Florestal explain why the production is a âmust seeâ during this election season. Subscribe to WCVB on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1e8lAMZ Get more Boston news: http://www.wcvb.com Like us: https://www.facebook.com/wcvb5 Follow us: https://twitter.com/WCVB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wcvb5/
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This was African American composer Mary D. Watkins's 2nd opera on the life of biting rights activist Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, "Is This America". It included so much about her life and struggle for voting rights, and all via breadth of Black music styles (blues, jazz, work songs, etc.), but operatic.
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