Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 25, 2000: Interview with Andrew Ward; Interview with Bruna Barreto.

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INT. 1: ANDREW WARD is the author of 'Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers, Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black America' (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux). The Jubilee singers were nine former slaves who who set off from Nashville in 1871 to raise money to rescue their school, Fisk University, from bankruptcy. They toured the U.S., Britian, and Europe introducing audiences to African-American spirituals. The Jubilee singers are also the subject of an upcoming American Experience documentary on PBS. (Monday, May 1, 2000 at 9:00) INT. 2: Brazilian film director BRUNO BARRETO (Ba-RET-to). His new film 'Bossa Nova' is a romantic comedy starring his wife, American actress, Amy Irving. BARRETO's other films are the critically acclaimed 'Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands' and 'Four Days in September' which was nominated for an Academy Award for best Foreign Language Film. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW).REV. : BRUNO BARRETTO continued.