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Your Dream, My Nightmare

Originally aired 06.27.1997
Could it be more obvious? Stories in which someone's dream is someone else's nightmare. All of us get into these situations with strangers, with the people we love most, with our own parents, with our children.

Prologue. Your House, My Nightmare.

Ira with 19-year-old Claudia Perez at a furniture store in Claudia's Mexican neighborhood. (4 minutes)

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Act One. Noise.

Writer Sarah Vowell goes to Rock-n-Roll Fantasy Camp in Miami Beach. (16 minutes)

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Act Two. Color.

An interracial couple takes a plantation tour. (13 minutes)

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Act Three. Motion.

Jay Allison on people moving into their dream neighborhoods, and their new neighbors' reactions. (7 minutes)

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Act Four. Blood.

Writer David Sedaris on parents' dreams and children's nightmares. (13 minutes)

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