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The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois

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New York City, 1920: With the exciting news of the comet passing so close to earth, everyone in Manhattan steps outside to observe its passing overhead… and that, it turns out, would be the last thing they all would ever do. Cast (in speaking order): LAURENCE FISHBURNE as The Narrator DULE' HILL as Jim ALEX AQUILINO as The Junior Clerk HANNAH ROSE HONORE' as Passerby / Jim's Wife SAM TSOUTSOUVAS as The Bank President / Julia's Father LENA HALL as Julia COLEMAN HEMSATH as Fred with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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