A Song Flung Up To Heaven – Episode 2
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Maya has started to write but takes on market research work to supplement it in Watts, Los Angeles. She sees there first hand the devastation of the race riots of 1965. Maya also gets a surprise call connected to her past in Ghana. Narrator, Older Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett-Warner Phil/Rioter - Don Gilet Sheikhali/Rioter - Daniel Adegboyega Dramatised by Patricia Cumper Produced and directed by Pauline Harris
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