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the 51st (dream) state

Friday and Saturday, November 16 - 17, 2007, 8 p.m.
The Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach

the 51st (dream) state

the 51st (dream) state is nationally acclaimed poet Sekou Sundiata’s contemplation of America’s national identity, power in the world and guiding mythologies. The work, which Sundiata imagined as his poetic and personal “State of the American Soul Address,” explores how America defines itself in a new era characterized by unprecedented global influence and power. It is an adventure, a quest to find a vision of what it means to be both a citizen and an individual in a deeply complex, hyperkinetic society. the 51st (dream) state features a cycle of songs accompanied by a live band, poems and monologues, supported by still and moving projected images.