Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline From the Stage

ENOUGH

In her one-woman show ‘Notes From the Field,’ Anna Deavere Smith examines the epidemic that pushes students out of public schools and into the juvenile justice system.

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Feb. 23 2018 5:10AM EST

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It’s the rare actress who doesn’t want to be seen. But that’s the power of acclaimed performer and playwright Anna Deavere Smith’s work, and why her one-woman show Notes From the Field, filmed for an HBO special airing Saturday after a celebrated off-Broadway run in 2016, is so electrifying.

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Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline From the Stage

In her one-woman show ‘Notes From the Field,’ Anna Deavere Smith examines the epidemic that pushes students out of public schools and into the juvenile justice system.

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Kevin Fallon