America, Wake Up | Nicola Walker | Figures of Speech

Nicola Walker reads Elizabeth Glaser's 1992 Democratic National Convention Address America, Wake Up, a landmark speech on the AIDS epidemic. At a time of political turmoil, unprecedented world events and an increasingly divided society, what does inspiring leadership sound like? Figures of Speech, a major new digital film project for 2017, will interrogate the vitality of speech to remember. Made in collaboration with the Almeida Theatre. See more at: speech.almeida.co.uk • Follow us on Twitter -   / illuminations   • Follow us on Facebook -   / illuminationsmedia   • Visit our website - https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk