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"Love, peace and healing": A conversation with Mike Africa Jr. about telling MOVE's story
"Love, peace and healing": A conversation with Mike Africa Jr. about telling MOVE's story
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this On Air Fest exclusive, host Matthew Amha sits down with activist and MOVE member Mike Africa Jr. to discuss the making of The Africas VS. America and the ethical challenges of telling a family's carefully-guarded story. Mike Jr. opens up about his fraught childhood in the MOVE family, including his memories of the 1985 bombing, and the power of community healing.
Released:
Apr 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (10)
Introducing: The Africas VS. America: To those that remember, it’s known simply as the bombing of West Philly. In the spring of 1985, the City of Philadelphia became the first in U.S. history to drop a bomb on a family of American citizens. The attack killed 11 people, including five children, and the ensuing fire set a neighborhood to ruins. The targets that day? A family of Black radicals known collectively as MOVE, who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. Through intimate conversations, The Africas VS. America offers an unseen look into the MOVE's origins and dynamics while looking ahead to the group's uncertain future. by The Africas VS. America