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Say Brother; Survival on Mother's Island; The death of Steve Biko
Part of Say Brother.
09/16/1977
In this clip Karen Holmes reports on the death of Steve Biko in South Africa while under police detention. The political activist and anti-apartheid campaigner is reported to have died in hospital after refusing food and water during his hunger strike in protest at apartheid in South Africa. Overall the program consists of a number of magazine-style segments, including an Eduard Diaz interview with Bettye Washington, resident of Columbia Point, Boston (known as Mothers Island) on the difficulties facing the community, "man on the street" interviews with commuters to Columbia Point and their feelings about the area, an "Open Platform" debate moderated by Melvin Moore on whether or not homosexuals should be guaranteed equal rights under the law (with debaters Reverend Margaret Ragona of the Metropolitan Community Church and William Dunham, staff member of The John Birch Society, and panel reporters Neil Miller, editor of Gay Community News, and Flora Haas, contributing writer to the Boston Phoenix, an excerpt from a performance by Al Jarreau that originally appeared in program 608, "Another Approach to Theatre," and the "Say Brother News" with Karen Holmes (on the death of Steve Biko), Eric Sampedro, Sonny Joe White, and Tanya Hart. Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Bruce Shah.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Survival on Mother's Island
- Program Number
802
- Title
The death of Steve Biko
- 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 consists of a number of magazine-style segments, including an Eduard Diaz interview with Bettye Washington, resident of Columbia Point, Boston (known as Mothers Island) on the difficulties facing the community, "man on the street" interviews with commuters to Columbia Point and their feelings about the area, an "Open Platform" debate moderated by Melvin Moore on whether or not homosexuals should be guaranteed equal rights under the law (with debaters Reverend Margaret Ragona of the Metropolitan Community Church and William Dunham, staff member of The John Birch Society, and panel reporters Neil Miller, editor of Gay Community News, and Flora Haas, contributing writer to the Boston Phoenix, an excerpt from a performance by Al Jarreau that originally appeared in program 608, "Another Approach to Theatre," and the "Say Brother News" with Karen Holmes, Eric Sampedro, Sonny Joe White, and Tanya Hart.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Bolling, Royal, Jr.
- Washington, Bettye
- Ayers, Roy
- Civil rights
- Apartheid
- Biko, Stephen, 1946-1977
- Political prisoners--South Africa
- Dunham, William
- Bond, Julian, 1940-
- Haas, Flora
- Miller, Neil
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
- Segregation
- Jarreau, Al
- Ragona, Rev. Margaret
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Shah, Bruce (Director)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Hill, Rebecca (Make Up)
- Holmes, Karen (Reporter)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Shipley, Jack (Still Photography)
- Waters, Mitch (Camera)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Cross, June (Assistant Director)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Moore, Melvin (Host)
- Diaz, Eduardo (Host)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Tomaselli, Robert (Camera)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Joe White, Sunny (Reporter)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Pugliesi, Joe (Video)
- Chigas, Basil (Assistant Cameraman)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Wilson, Bob (Stage Manager)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Survival on Mother's Island; The death of Steve Biko,” 09/16/1977, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_590BCAF73CAB4E11A7887E9A37026D4F.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Survival on Mother's Island; The death of Steve Biko.” 09/16/1977. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_590BCAF73CAB4E11A7887E9A37026D4F>.
- APA: Say Brother; Survival on Mother's Island; The death of Steve Biko. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_590BCAF73CAB4E11A7887E9A37026D4F