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Great Performances

Twilight: Los Angeles - The Beverly Hills Hotel

Anna Deavere Smith depicts a famous real estate agent and an assailant of Reginald Denny.

Aired 06/12/2015 | Rating NR

Great Performances

Twilight: Los Angeles - The Beverly Hills Hotel

Clip: Season 42 Episode 23 | 3m 3s

Anna Deavere Smith depicts a famous real estate agent and an assailant of Reginald Denny.

Elaine Young, a real estate agent to Hollywood stars, and Henry "Keith" Watson, a co-assailant of Reginald Denny, are two of the real people depicted in Anna Deveare Smith's one-woman show Twilight: Los Angeles, about the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots in 1992. See Smith transform from one person to the next, using Young's and Watson's own words.

Aired 06/12/2015 | Rating NR

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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

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