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Fort Worth Opera’s general and artistic director Angela Turner Wilson has wanted to bring a production of the opera “dwb (driving while black)” to Fort Worth since she first saw it online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The automobile has been an iconic symbol of freedom, accomplishment, wealth, comfort, and status in America since the late 19th century. Though slow-moving like most new technologies, car ownership was commonplace by the first quarter of the 20th century, but this guarantee of mobility, like the promise of freedom, wasn’t equitable for everyone.

Weather subtly or blantantly, operas have a long history of social and political comment.

Many African-American parents worry their son could be profiled or targeted by police - or worse. The term "driving while black" is the name of a one-act opera that makes its regional debut this weekend in Fort Worth.

Black mothers' fear chilfren reaching driving age take operatic life in Fort Worth Opera's production of Driving While Black.

An adolescent right-of-passage that every parent usually fears is the basis for an upcoming modern one-act opera that addresses more than the importance of good driving skills.

Fort Worth Opera’s general and artistic director Angela Turner Wilson has wanted to bring a production of the opera “dwb (driving while black)” to Fort Worth since she first saw it online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A repeated phrase in the opera “dwb” (driving while Black) is, “You are not who they see.”

The term “driving while black” is the name of a one-act opera that makes its regional debut this weekend in Fort Worth.

Marsha Thompson and Cremaine Booker sit down with NBC 5’s Deborah Ferguson to talk about the one-act opera that makes its regional debut this weekend in Fort Worth.

The Fort Worth Opera will present the regional premiere of a modern American one-act opera, dwb (driving while black).