Janet Langhart Cohen's Anne & Emmett: A One-Act Play by Anne & Emmett LLC (Engli

Description: Janet Langhart Cohen's Anne & Emmett by Anne & Emmett LLC Anne & Emmett reminds us of the role that race, religion and ethnicity have played in the past and how hatred and the evil of genocide continue to stalk the world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Anne & Emmett is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of racial intolerance and hatred. Frank is the thirteen-year-old Jewish girl whose diary provided a gripping perspective of the Holocaust. Till is the fourteen-year-old African-American boy whose brutal murder in Mississippi sparked the modern American civil rights movement. The one-act play opens with the two teenagers meeting in memory, a place that isolates them from the cruelty they experienced during their lives. The beyond-the-grave encounter draws the startling similarities between the two youths harrowing experiences at the hands of societies that couldnt protect them. In memory, Anne recounts hiding in a cramped attic with her family after German dictator Adolf Hitler ordered the Nazi military to round up Jewish people throughout Europe, and put them in concentration camps in route to gas chambers. At the age of fifteen, Anne died of typhus at the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp in March 1945, a few weeks before British troops liberated the camp. Emmett tells Anne how he, in 1955, ended up being brutally attacked by two white racists who beat and tortured him before shooting him in the head and tossing his body into the Tallahatchie River with a cotton-gin fan tied to his neck. This happened after he whistled at a white woman while visiting his uncle in Money, Mississippi. Author Biography Janet Langhart Cohen is an award-winning playwright, and journalist who grew up in a segregated housing project in Indianapolis, Indiana, and went on to enjoy a career in modeling, television, and public service as the nations "First Lady of the Pentagon." The National Association of Women Judges presented her with "The Lady Justice Award" for artistic integrity in writing Anne & Emmett. Review Belongs on Broadway!--Patricia Neal, ActressI loved it. I thought it was terrific on so many different levels. Firstly, the writing was fabulous. I love the idea of a memory--it was a great concept. I think a great play brings a different perspective. So I admire Janets ability to do that. The actors were incredible. First of all, just memorizing that many lines and doing it with great emotion and feeling was really breathtaking. And the storys an important one. My father was the prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. He prosecuted the original 21 defendants in Nuremberg in 1945. And three years ago I passed the Emmett Till legislation. And it should have been mentioned Jim Talent was a Republican Senator from Missouri, he joined me in that effort along with Patrick Leahy, a Senator from Vermont. And I wrote the original bill to allow us to reach back in these cold civil rights cases and to go after the people that committed these crimes years ago when evidence still exist to prosecute them. So it was moving to me tonight to know my father prosecuted the Nazis and Id like to think I helped keep the memory of Emmett Till still alive. So it had a special significance for me.--Christopher Dodd, Former U.S. Senator, and Chairman, The Motion Picture Industry Association Long Description Anne & Emmett is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of racial intolerance and hatred. Frank is the thirteen-year-old Jewish girl whose diary provided a gripping perspective of the Holocaust. Till is the fourteen-year-old African-American boy whose brutal murder in Mississippi sparked the modern American civil rights movement. The one-act play opens with the two teenagers meeting in memory, a place that isolates them from the cruelty they experienced during their lives. The beyond-the-grave encounter draws the startling similarities between the two youths harrowing experiences at the hands of societies that couldnt protect them. In memory, Anne recounts hiding in a cramped attic with her family after German dictator Adolf Hitler ordered the Nazi military to round up Jewish people throughout Europe, and put them in concentration camps in route to gas chambers. At the age of fifteen, Anne died of typhus at the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp in March 1945, a few weeks before British troops liberated the camp. Emmett tells Anne how he, in 1955, ended up being brutally attacked by two white racists who beat and tortured him before shooting him in the head and tossing his body into the Tallahatchie River with a cotton-gin fan tied to his neck. This happened after he whistled at a white woman while visiting his uncle in Money, Mississippi. Review Quote Anne & Emmett should be seen in every classroom in America. Details ISBN1493052551 Publisher Globe Pequot Press ISBN-10 1493052551 ISBN-13 9781493052554 Format Paperback Imprint Applause Subtitle A One-Act Play Country of Publication United States Author Anne & Emmett LLC Short Title Anne and Emmett Language English Pages 80 Year 2021 NZ Release Date 2021-06-15 UK Release Date 2021-06-15 Edition Description Trade Edition Audience General AU Release Date 2020-12-14 Publication Date 2021-05-14 US Release Date 2021-05-14 DEWEY 812.6 Illustrations 27 Color Photos We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137150891;

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