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Ola Ince on Dutchman, race and research

By Anonymous (not verified) 13 Apr 2016

We caught up with Dutchman director, Ola Ince, to discuss how she found Dutchman, why she chose it for the Genesis Future Directors Award and why the play is still so relevant today, over 50 years on from it being written by Amiri Baraka.

Ola shared some of her research with us; the documentaries, videos and articles she explored with the cast and her creative team whilst researching and rehearsing Dutchman. The breadth of research demonstrates how much information goes in to bringing a script to life and the inspiration behind staging the characters and their relationships.

Documentaries
The Sixties - The Years That Shaped a Generation, 2005
Storyville, Black panthers - On BBC iplayer
The African Americans, Many Rivers to Cross, Rise 1940 - 1968
Beat Generation, The Source
Thelonious Monk: Staight No Chaser
Black Power mixtape
Legends, The Motown Invasion
White people, MTV

Amiri Baraka

Underground
New York Underground, 1960's

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Buskers
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Cartoons - for Clay’s attraction to Lula

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Dutchman runs at the Young Vic until 16 April: www.youngvic.org/whats-on/dutchman
Find out more about the Genesis Future Directors Award on the Young Vic Directors Program.