Our Time: Multi-Racial Families: The Spectacular Quiet & Small Steps
05:30 am - 06:00 am, Tuesday, November 18 on WNYE HDTV (25.1)
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Multi-Racial Families: The Spectacular Quiet & Small Steps
Season 3, Episode 4
Over 34 million Americans ? ten percent of the population ? identify as multiracial. Despite being one of the fastest growing segments, mixed race youth often feel unseen. In THE SPECTACULAR QUIET, filmmaker Sierra Buah explores the challenges of being mixed race in a white school. In SMALL STEPS, Marcus Salazar navigates being black and latino while being raised by his white grandmother.
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English
Stereo
Documentary
Social Issues
Teens
Cast & Crew
Caitlin FitzGerald
(Actor)
.. Stella Cooper
Ramón Rodríguez
(Actor)
Burgess Jenkins
(Actor)
.. Willow's Dad
Dallas Young
(Actor)
.. Logan
Jack Gore
(Actor)
.. Collin
Livi Birch
(Actor)
.. Olivia Cooper
Jade Fernandez
(Actor)
.. Vice Principal Bianca Braddock
Kendrick Cross
(Actor)
.. Jarrod
Rachael Thompson
(Actor)
.. HR Alice
Christian Finlayson
(Actor)
.. Marcus
Trayce Malachi
(Actor)
.. Zack
Thom Scott II
(Actor)
.. Cop 2
Liam Barrett
(Actor)
.. Chunk
More Information
Did You Know..
Caitlin FitzGerald
(Actor)
.. Stella Cooper
Birthplace: Camden, Maine, United States
Trivia:
Grandfather Desmond Fitzgerald was a high-ranking CIA officer in the 1950s and '60s who helped coordinate attempts to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Mother cowrote the book Knitting for Dummies. First role was as Bessie the Cow in a Camden Civic Theatre production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Played the title role in Hedda Gabler in a 2010 off-Broadway production that staged the play in an East Village townhouse. Returned to her hometown in Maine to shoot Like the Water, which she cowrote, in 2011; used her father's house and camp as shooting locations.
Ramón Rodríguez
(Actor)
Born:
December 20, 1979
Birthplace: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Trivia:
Was raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side and also spent time in his native Puerto Rico while growing up. Played intercollegiate basketball at Wheeling (WV) Jesuit University (1998-2001), and has displayed his ball-handling skills in Nike TV commercials and at NBA and college halftime shows, performing with Project Playground, a troupe he cofounded; also worked in community relations for the New York Knicks. Made movie debut in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, a 2005 direct-to-video prequel to the 1993 Al Pacino hit. Has performed with the Abakuá Afro-Latin Dance Company.
Burgess Jenkins
(Actor)
.. Willow's Dad
Born:
October 24, 1973
Dallas Young
(Actor)
.. Logan
Trivia:
Made his feature film debut playing Elementary Kid in the 2018 Steven Spielberg film Ready Player One.First lead role in a television series is Stuart in Nickelodeon's Cousins for Life.
Jack Gore
(Actor)
.. Collin
Livi Birch
(Actor)
.. Olivia Cooper
Jade Fernandez
(Actor)
.. Vice Principal Bianca Braddock
Kendrick Cross
(Actor)
.. Jarrod
Born:
May 01, 1971
Rachael Thompson
(Actor)
.. HR Alice
Christian Finlayson
(Actor)
.. Marcus
Trayce Malachi
(Actor)
.. Zack
Thom Scott II
(Actor)
.. Cop 2
Liam Barrett
(Actor)
.. Chunk
