Does a New Netflix Series 'Get it Down' in its Portrayal of the Bronx?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 18, 2016

Jake Offenhartz, freelance journalsit and editor at HistoryBuff.com, and Mark Naison, professor of History and African American Studies at Fordham University, discuss the depictions of the Bronx in the 1970s in the new Netflix series "The Get Down" and listeners join the conversation with their experiences.

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