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In her latest book, journalist Maureen Ryan describes racism, harassment, and other forms of abuse prevalent in Hollywood through deep dives into shows like "Lost," "Saturday Night Live," and "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Ryan joins us to discuss her book, Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood.

In seeking to learn more about her family history, author Ava Chin was able to trace many of her relatives back to one building on Mott Street in Chinatown. From the Chinese Exclusion Act to present day, Chin traces the history of her family, and the Chinese community in America, through this one building. Chin joins us to discuss her new book, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming.

Bisa Butler is a local artist who makes life sized quilts inspired by portraits of Black Americans, including those taken by her favorite photographers such as Gordon Parks and Jamel Shabazz. Her new solo exhibition, The World Is Yours, inspired by the lyrics of Nas, is on view now, and combines textiles, paint, Nigerian hand-dyed batiks and African wax-resist cotton. Butler joins us in studio to discuss her process and the show, which is on view at Jeffery Deitch through June 30.

A new documentary film follows two-time Grammy Award winning artist Gloria Gaynor in her journey to break into the gospel genre. Director Betsy Schechter joins us to talk documenting the artist's life for about eight years. The film is titled, "Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive" and is apart of Tribeca Film Festival's Spotlight+ series and has a screening Friday, June 17 at 5:15 p.m.