American Son
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American Son is a 2018 Broadway play (later adapted into a Netflix film) that explores race, policing, and family through the story of a Black mother searching for her missing teenage son.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway play
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drama ⓘ play ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | Netflix film ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| adaptationReleasePlatform | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | American Son (2019 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Black mother’s search for missing teenage son in police custody system ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
communication breakdown within families
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implicit bias in policing ⓘ media and public perception of Black youth ⓘ tensions between Black communities and law enforcement ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jamal Ellis-Connor
NERFINISHED
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Kendra Ellis-Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant John Stokes NERFINISHED ⓘ Officer Paul Larkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation |
Booth Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary drama
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social drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Miami
NERFINISHED
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police station ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family
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interracial marriage ⓘ parenthood ⓘ police violence ⓘ policing ⓘ race ⓘ racial profiling ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense real-time depiction of race and policing in the United States
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minimalist single-location staging ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| productionType | limited Broadway engagement ⓘ |
| protagonist | Kendra Ellis-Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | Black mother searching for her missing teenage son ⓘ |
| structure | one-act play ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | single night ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Christopher Demos-Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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