Hurricane

I recently watched Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorcese, about Dylan’s 1975 American tour with fellow troubadours like Joan Baez. One of the most powerful performances is Hurricane, a song about the false imprisonment for murder of African American boxer Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter. It’s a reminder of the importance of the arts in advocacy. We still need the scientific facts and rational business case, but we also need the storytellers and artists, the singers and actors, the poets and playwrights to bring the moral imperative and emotional case for societal change.

— Wayne Visser

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