‘I Am the Bear’ Explores Racial Profiling Through Puppetry
Clip: 5/19/2021 | 3m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
“I Am the Bear,” by Jerrell L. Henderson plays free via the Chicago Puppet Festival.
When a member of Chicago’s theater community was racially profiled, he turned the experience into a short film with the help of the Chicago Puppet Festival. Here’s a look at a one-man, one-puppet show about the consequences of “walking while Black.”
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‘I Am the Bear’ Explores Racial Profiling Through Puppetry
Clip: 5/19/2021 | 3m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
When a member of Chicago’s theater community was racially profiled, he turned the experience into a short film with the help of the Chicago Puppet Festival. Here’s a look at a one-man, one-puppet show about the consequences of “walking while Black.”
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