Roger Guenveur Smith Brings His Beloved Friend Jean Michel Basquiat to the Stage

30/10/2025 41 min
Roger Guenveur Smith Brings His Beloved Friend Jean Michel Basquiat to the Stage

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Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, director, and writer best known for his collaborations with Spike Lee and his powerful one-man shows including a play on Huey P. Newton and an onstage portrait of Frederick Douglas. Smith has appeared in films such as School Daze, Do the Right Thing, King of New York, Panther, Malcolm X, Poetic Justice, Get on the Bus, Eve's Bayou and He Got Game.https://outsideintheatre.org/basquiat/ https://www.instagram.com/outsideinthtr/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

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