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Say Brother; Evening with Eartha Kitt, An; Eartha Kitt talks about her early childhood
Part of Say Brother.
09/14/1979
In this clip Barbara Barrow-Murray interviews the vocalist and actress Eartha Kitt about her difficult childhood, her experience of not being a wanted child, and the pride she feels at having survived the prejudice of her childhood. Overall in the program, host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with vocalist and actress Eartha Kitt, in Boston with the production of Timbuktu! Topics include Timbuktu! as an extension of Kitt's Kismet, how long the show has been traveling, her role in Timbuktu! , the music in the production, interpreting her character Sahleem-La-Lume (which is not an essential one), her political positions and stance on the Vietnam War, and her difficult childhood. Program opens with excerpts from Kitt's interview with WGBH Radio FM's Ron Della Chiesa (host of the program Music America), and includes a studio dance performance of "Birds of Paradise" from Timbuktu! (performed by Martial Roumain and Cheryl Cummings), and a vocal performance by Kitt. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Evening with Eartha Kitt, An
- Program Number
1000
- Title
Eartha Kitt talks about her early childhood
- 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
Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with vocalist and actress Eartha Kitt, in Boston with the production of Timbuktu! Topics includeTimbuktu! as an extension of Kitt's Kismet, how long the show has been traveling, her role in Timbuktu! , the music in the production, interpreting her character Sahleem-La-Lume (which is not an essential one), her political positions and stance on the Vietnam War, and her difficult childhood. Program opens with excerpts from Kitt's interview with WGBH Radio FM's Ron Della Chiesa (host of the program Music America), and includes a studio dance performance of "Birds of Paradise" from Timbuktu! (performed by Martial Roumain and Cheryl Cummings), and a vocal performance by Kitt.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- African American musicians
- Timbuktu! (Theatrical production)
- Civil rights
- African American actresses
- Roumain, Martial
- Kitt, Eartha
- African American women
- Segregation
- Cummings, Cheryl
- Della Chiesa, Ron
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Clarke, Brian (Director)
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Gray, Randolph (Assistant Cameraman)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Brennan, Susan (Audio)
- Crane, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Swan, Kim (Intern)
- Rosenthal, Iris (Lighting Assistant)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Harrison, Rich (Video)
- LeCain, Larry (Camera)
- McKenna, Jim (Stage Manager)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Heitman, Clint (Scenic Design)
- Wong, Evelyn (Production Assistant)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Hackshaw, Ademah (Assistant To The Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Goldman, Elias (Video)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Pugliesi, Joe (Video)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Evening with Eartha Kitt, An; Eartha Kitt talks about her early childhood,” 09/14/1979, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0AAD5C847386411087A33CC1561AB7CC.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Evening with Eartha Kitt, An; Eartha Kitt talks about her early childhood.” 09/14/1979. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0AAD5C847386411087A33CC1561AB7CC>.
- APA: Say Brother; Evening with Eartha Kitt, An; Eartha Kitt talks about her early childhood. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0AAD5C847386411087A33CC1561AB7CC