Bryan Doerries: Antigone in Ferguson

3,400 views · Published 4 September 2018 · 14:29 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: PopTech · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Can an ancient Greek tragedy written 2500 years ago help unravel deep social challenges confronting us today? In creating an analogy between the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Sophocles’ Antigone, PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Bryan Doerries and a team of collaborators are using theater as a powerful tool for community healing.

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