Day of Days is a six-part podcast series from Walking Cinema that recounts a meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Black mystic Howard Thurman, as King was recovering from a stabbing in Harlem in 1958. That meeting brought King face-to-face with the demons pursuing him since the Montgomery bus boycotts, and revolutionized his approach to the fledgling Civil Rights Movement.
Jonathan Mitchell directed, sound designed, and composed the original music for the series, which was created by Michael Epstein of Walking Cinema, and written by Darren Canady.
You can learn more about the series, and it's free companion Augmented Reality app at http://dayofdayspodcast.com
I've been looking for excellent dramas to post here but haven't had much time this year, what with the world going to hell. I don't often like dramas that use real People and real events but this one does so very well and for a higher purpose than costume dramas generally do. You can decide if posting it was the right decision or not. The writing is excellent as is the acting and the production.
I've posted it from Youtube where you an hear the whole series because, unfortunately, the player at the website for the production doesn't like the version of Linux I'm using these days. You might have better luck with that one.
I found this through the excellent audio-drama production outfit at The Truth who seem to have reactivated after a long period of behind the scenes action, if that's the case then it's great news in itself.
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