Roger Guenveur Smith

actor,writer, and director

Guest

Contact: Website

Roger Guenveur Smith on KCRW

Rodney King became a national symbol of police brutality, and his name was a rallying cry during the 1992 LA Riots.

Resurrecting Rodney King in a one-man show

Rodney King became a national symbol of police brutality, and his name was a rallying cry during the 1992 LA Riots.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Actor, writer, and director Roger Guenveur Smith discusses his one man show, Frederick Douglass Now at LA's Bootleg Theater.

Roger Guenveur Smith: Frederick Douglass Now

Actor, writer, and director Roger Guenveur Smith discusses his one man show, Frederick Douglass Now at LA's Bootleg Theater.

from The Treatment

More from KCRW

George C. Wolfe on power dynamics in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

from The Treatment

Nearly seven months after WarnerMedia launched HBO Max, Roku users finally have access to the streaming service.

from Hollywood Breakdown

In LA County right now, COVID-19 is killing one person every eight minutes .

from Greater LA

David Rieff discusses “Divorcing” by Susan Taubes: the reimagined end of an autobiographical marriage.

from Bookworm

On this Christmas Eve, Press Play re-airs some favorite interviews of the year. Sopan Deb shares how his Indian heritage informs his standup comedy. The documentary “Mr. SOUL!”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Are you willing to watch 130 minutes of unfounded self-delight for four minutes of terrific song and dance? Then "The Prom" is the film for you.

from Film Reviews

Writer-director Eugene Ashe’s new take on an old-fashioned love story.

from The Treatment

Jolly Old St. Nick is still coming to town this pandemic Christmas — straight to living rooms via Zoom, Skype, etc.

from Greater LA

George Clooney exclusively told KCRW that President Donald Trump and his family will be put “into the dustbin of history” after a Trump-supporting mob besieged the Capitol building on…

from The Business