FAT HAM
Seattle Rep presents FAT HAM by James Ijames from April 12 to May 12, 2024. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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Fat Ham
The script of FAT HAM, for your reading pleasure.
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The bad sleep well
Hamlet is a clear influence on this 1960 noir classic from director Akira Kurosawa, in which a young executive, played by Toshiro Mifune, infiltrates a corrupt postwar Japan corporation in order to expose his father's killer.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Baldwin's semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of John, a fourteen-year-old boy whose stepfather is a Pentecostal minister in Harlem in 1935, and his struggles to discover his own identity.
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Don't Cry for Me
"On his deathbed, 62-year-old Black father Jacob is writing a letter to his gay son, Isaac, whom he hasn't seen in years. .What results is the story of a complex father-son relationship and a man transformed, even at this late moment.” (Library Journal)
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Life and Other Love Songs
“Family secrets and generational trauma take center stage in [this] powerfully written historical novel. .Gray shows the complex natures of these broken characters and how abuse, deceit, and life's struggles are all made worse by racism, poverty, and homophobia." (Library Journal)
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Hamlet
British actress Maxine Peake stars in the title role in this filmed version of Royal Exchange Theatre's highly acclaimed 2014 production of Hamlet, in which several typically male roles (Hamlet, Polonius, and Rosencrantz) are performed by women.
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The Lion King
Drawing on aspects of Hamlet, this Disney animated classic stars Matthew Broderick as Simba, Jeremy Irons as Scar and James Earl Jones as Mufasa.
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The Death I Gave Him
"Liu recasts Hamlet as a high-tech thriller in this ingenious sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s classic." (Publishers Weekly)
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Black Smoke
"James Beard Book Award winner Miller explores the role of Black Americans in barbecue's complex cultural history. He writes that barbecue has long been an important way to build community, and that the cuisine's foundations in marginalized communities have long been obscured, including the innovative techniques and ur-barbecue of Indigenous peoples in the Americas." (Library Journal)
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Notes From A Young Black Chef
"The Top Chef star traces his culinary coming-of-age in both the Bronx and Nigeria, discussing his eclectic training in acclaimed restaurants while sharing insights into the racial barriers that have challenged his career." (NoveList)
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