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Blindspotting: Examining Social Justice Through Art

Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, creators of the film Blindspotting, dig in to their creative storytelling process with Newsy reporter Christian Bryant.

‘Overlooked cities with big art scenes that are fighting a lot of the same battles as a New York or a Los Angeles or whatever, but are without a major industry where an art is an export, feel overlooked as an artists there. So all artists from there wanna tell stories about the Bay and we take it very seriously.’

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Stance Takes: We recorded this episode live at the YBCA 100
Summit in San Francisco – an event recognizing some of the most
exciting people, organizations and movements using their platforms to
create change and move society forward. The summit asked ‘How can we
re-imagine political power? What is the role of culture in the current
political climate?’.

Rafael Casal is an American poet, actor, singer, and writer. He was a feature performer on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and he is the co-producer, writer, and stars in the film Blindspotting along with rapper, writer and actor of Hamilton fame, Daveed Diggs. Casal reflects on the power of language and the stories we choose to tell.