Awadagin Pratt: Black In America

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published September 23, 2024 at 12:02 PM PDT

Premieres Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 (not in the PBS app)

You are never too famous to escape racism and racial profiling. Awadagin Pratt is a renowned concert pianist, conductor, and violinist. The documentary "Awadagin Pratt: Black In America" confronts issues of privilege and racism in America and tells a personal account of an all-too-common experience for many people of color in America and worldwide.

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Produced by Michelle Carpenter, Salina Star Route Production, 2022

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Awadagin Pratt performs at the White House, Washington DC., 2009

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Jennifer Robinson

Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. Jen has worked at KPBS since 2000. She is originally from Las Vegas and attended UNLV.

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