Overheard Series- Roger Guenveur Smith: Rodney King
Thursday, 11/13/2014 – 08:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Broward College, South Campus Performing and Cultural Arts
7200 Pines Boulevard,
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024
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Cost: $10 for General Admission, Free for Students with I.D.

History, poetry and tragedy collide when Roger Guenveur Smith tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King—deemed “the first reality TV star”— from the harsh initial glare of the national spotlight as the victim of police brutality to his involuntary martyrdom that ignited the L.A. riots to his lonely death at the bottom of a swimming pool. As with his previous triumphs at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, including The Watts Towers Project and Juan and John, Smith seamlessly fuses facts and friction, motion and emotion into a gripping narrative that poses impossible questions while illuminating his subject with grace and empathy.