Reaching Beyond Bars - New Music Inside Prison

Wang Jie and Fred Child gave this talk at Rutgers University on March 8th 2021.
0:00:00 Fred Child: Music and Prison, a few highlights now and then.
0:15:05 Wang Jie: Brief Intro
0:30:45 Opera "It Rained on Shakopee" with subtitles
0:49:40 Wang Jie: "To some, prisoners are animals behind locked bars. To me, they are human begins who have locked their hearts behind rib cages and lost the key."
0:56:03 Q&A 1. "Jie, where do you see this opera going next?"
1:01:20 Q&A 2. "Jie, in what ways has working in prison change you and how you feel your music?"
1:05:10 Q&A 3. “Jie, what possibilities do you see for musicians to connect with prison abolition initiatives?”
1:10:05 Q&A 4. “Jie, how did you come clean in front of inmates? How do you feel changed as an artist?”
1:17:30 Prof Epstein reflects.
1:21:00 Jie shares James Baldwin quote.
1:22:32 Fred: everyone’s presence here matter.
1:23:10 Jie: What I want to say about this project, I’ve said it better with my opera.