Sankofa has the distinct honor to present Lyrics From Lockdown (LFL) on October 18-20, 2018 at the Kennedy Center as part of a partnership with Sankofa and Q-Tip, the Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Hip Hop Culture. LFL is a critically acclaimed exposé of the ways race, class, power, and privilege shape prisons and policing in America, Lyrics from Lockdown is a story of survival that reveals how the justice system can radically change a young person’s life. In this one-man multimedia production, Bryonn Bain tells his own unbelievable true story by weaving together the voices of more than 40 characters. Each show is followed by a panel and town hall dialogue.
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