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Say Brother; Celebrate the Year of the Horse; Demonstration of martial arts swordplay
Part of Say Brother.
03/24/1978
In this clip Master Bow Sim Mark, Director of the Chinese Wushu Research Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, demonstrates Wushu martial arts with a double-edged straight sword in the Say Brother studio. Overall the program celebrates the Chinese New Year with interviews with Chinese artists and in-studio performances by the Boston Chinese Dance Company and the Chinese Wushu Research Institute. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with guests Tsai Chin (an internationally known actress) and John Tsang (of the Boston Chinese Dance Company) to discuss the differences between Chinese and Chinese American cultures, whether their work as artists are Chinese or Chinese American in spirit, Chinese attitudes towards the arts, and whether or not their work is perceived by Americans as authentic. Program includes three performances by the Boston Chinese Dance Company to traditional Chinese music (including a fan dance) and demonstrations of Wushu (led by Master Bow Sim Mark, founder of the Chinese Wushu Research Institute), Shaolin boxing, and use of the double-edged sword with tassel (performed by Mark alone). Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray Directed by David Atwood.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Celebrate the Year of the Horse
- Program Number
822
- Title
Demonstration of martial arts swordplay
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program celebrates the Chinese New Year with interviews with Chinese artists and in-studio performances by the Boston Chinese Dance Company and the Chinese Wushu Research Institute. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with guests Tsai Chin (an internationally known actress) and John Tsang (of the Boston Chinese Dance Company) to discuss the differences between Chinese and Chinese American cultures, whether their work as artists are Chinese or Chinese American in spirit, Chinese attitudes towards the arts, and whether or not their work is perceived by Americans as authentic. Program includes three performances by the Boston Chinese Dance Company to traditional Chinese music (including a fan dance) and demonstrations of Wushu (led by Master Bow Sim Mark, founder of the Chinese Wushu Research Institute), Shaolin boxing, and use of the double-edged sword with tassel (performed by Mark alone).
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Chin, Tsai
- Boston Chinese Dance Company
- Tsang, John
- Chinese Americans
- Mark, Bow Sim
- Chinese Wushu Research Institute
- Martial arts
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Atwood, David (Director)
- Yang, Eileen (Associate Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Lou Cronin, Mary (Audio)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- LeCain, Larry (Camera)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- DeVitt, Doug (Videotape Recordist)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Waters, Mitch (Camera)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Chin, Tsai (Host)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- MacKnight, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- LaBillois, Ann (Intern)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting Assistant)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- McKenna, Jim (Assistant Cameraman)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Chigas, Basil (Assistant Cameraman)
- Hill, Rebecca (Intern)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Celebrate the Year of the Horse; Demonstration of martial arts swordplay,” 03/24/1978, GBH Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_04379864421748C9AF5832BBD9B800DF.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Celebrate the Year of the Horse; Demonstration of martial arts swordplay.” 03/24/1978. GBH Archives. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_04379864421748C9AF5832BBD9B800DF>.
- APA: Say Brother; Celebrate the Year of the Horse; Demonstration of martial arts swordplay. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_04379864421748C9AF5832BBD9B800DF