Broadbend, Arkansas (2020)
1h 30m
Running Time
July 20, 2020Release Date
Broadbend, Arkansas (2020)
1h 30m
Running Time
July 20, 2020Release Date
Plot.
A Black family grapples with decades of inequality, violence, and suppression in the South. Benny, an orderly at a nursing home, delicately balances his role as a caregiver to an ornery white resident who shares a contentious past with his white boss while at the same time caring for his own family as the fight for equality grips the nation in the midst of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Thirty years later, his daughter, Ruby, struggles to understand an incident of police brutality against her 15-year-old son. This unique musical, spanning nearly half a century and three generations, asks us to contemplate the cycle of violence in this country and how we will find hope and create change against the backdrop of hate that plagues America.
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Cast & Crew.
Justin Cunningham
Benny
Danyel Fulton
Ruby
Michael Starobin
Orchestrator
Walter Trarbach
Sound Designer
Ted Shen
Writer / Music / Lyricist
Ellen Fitzhugh
Writer / Lyricist
Harrison David Rivers
Writer / Lyricist
Jen Schriever
Lighting Design
Peiyi Wong
Costume Design
Nora Brennan
Casting
Deborah Abramson
Music Director
Kate Holland
Production Manager
Jack Cummings III
Director
Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 2020
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
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