Mona Smith reading, Live From Prairie Lights, October 12, 2004

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Title	Mona Smith reading, Live From Prairie Lights, October 12, 2004
Creator	Smith, Mona Z., 1962-
Contributor	Englander, Julie
Publisher	WSUI 910 AM (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa)
Date Original	2004-10-12
Description	Mona Smith discusses and reads from her non-fiction work, Becoming Something: the Story of Canada Lee. Her book outlines the “meteoric rise” and “precipitous fall” of African American actor Canada Lee during the mid-20th century. Smith begins by explaining the circumstances that led up to the writing of her book, which was originally produced as a play. She details the difficulty that she faced in finding primary sources to aid her research, and tells of the winding road that eventually led her to the door of Canada Lee’s widow. Smith goes on to flesh out the details of Canada Lee’s life, moving chronologically from his position as a child prodigy of the violin, a horse jockey, a boxer, and finally to his introduction into acting. She details Canada’s work with such famous directors as Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock’s picture was filmed in South Africa during apartheid, and Smith explains how Mr. Lee used this circumstance as an opportunity to expose the atrocities of the apartheid system to the American public. Smith then outlines the “precipitous fall” of Canada’s career by detailing the circumstances surrounding Canada’s induction onto the famous Hollywood “blacklist” during post-WWII. Canada’s betrayal by a news columnist and longtime friend began his “erasure from history” and his subsequent misfortunes.
Note	Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world.
Venue	Prairie Lights Bookstore
Keywords	Canada Lee, playwriting, archive research, Red Scare, Hollywood blacklist, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, apartheid
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Authors Writing
Topical Subject (LCSH)	Biography
Personal Name Subject	Lee, Canada
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
Chronological Subject	2000-2010
Type (DCMIType)	Sound
Type (AAT)	Broadcasts Dramatic readings
Type (IMT)	mpeg
Duration	00:58:09
Language	English
Digital Collection	Virtual Writing University Archive
Contributing Institution	WSUI 910 AM (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa) Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa)
Subcollection	Live From Prairie Lights
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other rights given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information	Contact the VWU Webmaster: http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/info/25/
Digitization Specifications	MP3 mpeg layer 2 audio @ 32kbps derived from archival WAVE files
Date Digital	2008-09-16
File Name	LPL2004_10_12-32

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