76. The Story of Us 2026, Part 2

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Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This episode is an act of recovery, uplifting the artistic careers that McCarthyism upended through an immersive blend of conversation and artivism performances. This is part two. Click here for part one. Host Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay; Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen; and former President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and film scholar Jacqueline Stewart. Hear powerful artivism performances by two-time Tony Award winning actor Kara Young (Purlie Victorious, Purpose) and Tony-nominated actor Jon Michael Hill (Purpose, Elementary, Detroit 1-8-7, A Man in Full), directed by Professor of Theatre and Africana Studies at Oberlin College Justin Emeka. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Connect with us: ⁠⁠Donate to our show⁠ Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Watch an extended cut of this presentation on Youtube⁠ ⁠Read the Sundance 2026 Director's Cut⁠

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0:00.0	I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is Intersectionality Matters.
0:05.0	The podcast that brings intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues,
0:13.0	from say her name to the war on woke, DEI and CRT, and the global rise of fascism.
0:20.0	This idea Trave-Log lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars. and CRT and the global rise of fascism.
0:20.8	This idea travelogue lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars and helps
0:26.1	listeners understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper,
0:32.5	more nuanced ways.
0:44.6	Welcome to part two of The Story of Us 2026.
0:50.0	If you're a longtime listener, you'll know that each year, on the heels of the Sundance film festival, we bring you a special release of the Artivism event that we've hosted at the
0:55.5	festival for the last six years. As I mentioned, this is part two of our 2026 story of us. If you
1:03.9	haven't heard part one, go back and listen to it now. If you have heard part one, you'll remember
1:10.6	that it ends with a performance by
1:12.5	Tony Award winner Kara Young. The room was quiet enough to hear a pin drop during her
1:18.8	monologue as Hazel Scott. In it, Hazel laments the ending of her television show, which was
1:26.1	canceled because Hazel was blacklisted during the Red Scare.
1:30.4	Not only was her show canceled, it was truly erased. The archives of Hazel's incredible works
1:38.7	were thrown into the Hudson River after it was taken off the air. The goal was to ensure that no one else
1:46.2	would feel the power or feel empowered by the first black woman to have her own television show.
1:54.1	But we know our history, and thanks to Kara, Hazel was in the room with us at Sundance.
2:01.6	Enjoy part two of the story of us, live from the Sundance Film Festival.
2:07.6	Here's Kara as Hazel Scott.
2:10.6	There are our artists in the contemporary struggles.
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