S E361: Tongayi Chirisa on "Antebellum"

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Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Tongayi Chirisa, star of "Antebellum" discusses the film and also his journey from Africa to Hollywood.

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0:00.0	This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the hub
0:10.0	And I started seeing the trailers for this, this movie called Antibellum.
0:14.3	And I'm like, do I want to watch this?
0:17.6	It's going to be on demand because we are in COVID.
0:21.6	Do I want to watch a movie that sends Janelle Monnet
0:24.4	back into slavery?
0:25.3	I don't know if I want to do that.
0:27.0	So this brother's gonna have to convince me
0:29.7	is this gonna be one of those things, Jay.
0:31.7	I don't know if we need to watch is triggering he is
0:35.3	starring in it it's called Antibellum let me welcome to the show for the first time
0:39.7	Tengaii Theresa.
0:42.6	Wow, you said that right.
0:45.6	Yeah, I've been practicing my, um, Zimbabwean.
0:49.6	What is the language of your native country?
0:51.6	Zimbabwean? No, it's sauna, actually. of your
0:55.0	language, Zimbabwean?
0:53.0	No, it's Shana, actually.
0:55.0	Well, we've got three, we've got three of Ali.
0:58.0	I think we've actually got 16 official languages,
1:01.0	but the three most prominently used are Shana de Bell in English.
1:05.0	Shana de Bell, de Bell in English.
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