Nightfall in Chester County > Comments > "Review of Nightfall in Chester County"
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- Hans Anderson
- Username: windsurf17
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Joined PRX: Nov 01, 2003
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- "Nightfall in Chester County"
- Summary: In Pennsylvania farmland that was the first stop on the Underground Railroad, a strike by Mexican mushroom pickers polarizes a Quaker community.
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Review of Nightfall in Chester County
Hans Anderson
Posted on June 18, 2004 at 12:24 PM
Wow, what an amazing work! This piece covers so many different facets, from mushroom farming, to the Underground Railroad of Pennsylvania in the mid-1800's. Some very interesting perspectives about slavery, abolition, and slave treatment, adapting to cultural environments. And it's all tied to modern times and those who labor under difficult conditions today, under rules possibly described as whatever "Jim Crow" might translate into in Spanish. They weren't allowed in some otherwise public areas. It's difficult to totally discount the farmer owner's side, that's one of the great things about this piece. It's fair to both sides.
This is _SO_ PR. Polished, professional, engaging, interesting. This could play on any station.