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Say Brother; Christmas in Color; Black Nativity
Part of Say Brother.
12/23/1977
This clip is an excerpt from "Black Nativity," performed by vocalists from the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. This musical production is based on the play "Black Nativity." by Langston Hughes. Overall, the program is A Say Brother special presentation, "Christmas in Color", features the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts' musical adaptation of Langston Hughes' "Black Nativity," which was performed in-studio. Additional segments include a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson) and a "Christmas Cabaret" featuring four songs by vocalist Chip Garnett with back-up vocalists Cheryl Freeman and Sheryl Shell. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Christmas in Color
- Program Number
813
- Title
Black Nativity
- 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
A Say Brother special presentation, "Christmas in Color", features the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts' musical adaptation of Langston Hughes' "Black Nativity," which was performed in-studio. Additional segments include a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson) and a "Christmas Cabaret" featuring four songs by vocalist Chip Garnett with back-up vocalists Cheryl Freeman and Sheryl Shell.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Black Nativity (Theatrical production)
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Garnett, Chip
- Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts (Roxbury, Mass.)
- Christmas plays, American
- Freeman, Cheryl
- Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
- Shell, Sheryl
- African American singers
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Blackman, Vernon (Music Director)
- Shah, Bruce (Director Program Segment)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Waters, Mitch (Camera)
- Ross, John (Musician)
- O'Brien, Lindsey (Assistant Cameraman)
- Shipley, Jack (Still Photography)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Chigas, Basil (Assistant Cameraman)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- Himes, Eric (Director Program Segment)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Holden, Dick (Camera)
- Cross, June (Assistant Director)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- LaBillois, Ann (Intern)
- McGonagle, Richard (Audio)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Allen, Pearl (Musician)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Howard, George (Director Dance)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Wilson, Billy (Musical Staging)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Christmas in Color; Black Nativity,” 12/23/1977, GBH Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4B27B5C7FBDA40E1B9BB9FEE8F534F45.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Christmas in Color; Black Nativity.” 12/23/1977. GBH Archives. Web. April 24, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4B27B5C7FBDA40E1B9BB9FEE8F534F45>.
- APA: Say Brother; Christmas in Color; Black Nativity. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4B27B5C7FBDA40E1B9BB9FEE8F534F45