East West Players Theatre for Youth Tour: When Yuri Met Malcolm
About the Event
Told through the prism of her unlikely friendship with Malcolm X, this play explores the legacy of Yuri Kochiyama. We follow Yuri’s life from her “red, white, and blue” days in the Japanese American internment camps, to her rapid radicalization during the civil rights movement, to all her activism that followed through the decades. What does it mean to be a citizen of our flawed, flawed country? And how much can a single person do to change it?
Written by: Rosie Narasaki
Directed by: Khalif J. Gillett
Approximate run time: 38 minutes
Ages: 12-17 years old
Themes: Racism, Activism, Friendship
Historic topics: Civil Rights Movement, Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
Content: Conversations on police brutality, activism, racism, internment/concentration camps, JFK’s death, discussion of Malcolm X’s assassination, and abstract portrayal of his assassination. No gunshot sounds are used in the show.
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