S. 2, Ep. 3: The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois

New York City, 1920: With the exciting news of the comet passing so close to earth, everyone in Manhattan steps outside to observe its passing overhead… and that, it turns out, would be the last thing they all would ever do.

Cast (in speaking order):

LAURENCE FISHBURNE as The Narrator

DULE' HILL as Jim

ALEX AQUILINO as The Junior Clerk

HANNAH ROSE HONORE' as Passerby / Jim's Wife

SAM TSOUTSOUVAS as The Bank President / Julia's Father

LENA HALL as Julia

COLEMAN HEMSATH as Fred

with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR

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