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CO-WORLD PREMIERE
Malcolm X & Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem
by Jonathan Norton
Directed by Dexter J. Singleton
1943. Two young Harlemites form a friendship over leftover fried chicken and dirty dishwater. But a long, hot summer of heartbreak, betrayal, and racial uprisings moves them closer to the men they will become and farther from each other. This electrifying world premiere blends sharp humor with raw humanity, revealing the laughter, struggle, and brotherhood that shaped two legends.