• RASHEED NEWSON on Writing "MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME" and The Toll of AIDS Activism

  • Feb 28 2023
  • Length: 55 mins
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RASHEED NEWSON on Writing "MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME" and The Toll of AIDS Activism

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  • ABOUT THE GUEST: RASHEED NEWSON is an author, a television drama writer, an executive producer, and a showrunner. My Government Means to Kill Me (in stores August 23, 2022) is his debut novel. Rasheed – along with his television writing partner, T.J. Brady – is also the showrunner of the drama series Bel-Air (premieres Feb. 2022 on Peacock).

    ABOUT "MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME": A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story, following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s NYC, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air.

    PHOTO IN ALBUM ARTWORK BY CHRISTOPHER MARR

    Mentioned Media

    • WE WERE HERE, documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ656rmQAaM
    • BAYARD RUSTIN and JAMES BALDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OalPJ3ITHKg
    • ACT UP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAzU79PBVM
    • "Why Black AIDS History Matters": https://www.aaihs.org/why-black-aids-history-matters/
    • LARRY KRAMER: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/512714500/larry-kramer-pioneering-aids-activist-and-writer-dies-at-84
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