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Blood.Claat
Life blood and deathblood experienced through the journey of 15 year old Mudgu Sankofa, surrounded by three generations of afrikan-jamaican-becoming -afrikan-canadian women: her family.
A Good Death
A Good Death is about the conflict between the best friend and the mother of a young woman who has been severely brain injured by a hit and run accident. The young woman has been in a persistent vegetative state and the decision must be made about whether or not to remove her from life support: her best friend is her attorney for personal care. The mother has been estranged from her daughter for seventeen years over religious and lifestyle issues, including the fact that the young woman is a lesbian.
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First produced
2016, Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto
Publication year
2017
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Playwrights Guild of Canada
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