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Say Brother; What is Concilio?; Ethnic history of Puerto Rico

Part of Say Brother.

12/17/1976

This clip is an excerpt from the film "Third World Connection" which diiscusses the history of Puerto Rican ethnicity. Overall the program examines the work of the Concilio Human Services Program, which offers a bilingual drug rehabilitation program with detoxification, clinical, vocational, and academic services. Host Barbara Barrow speaks with Executive Director Nick Arana about self-help drug rehabilitation, program funding, working with non-Spanish addicts, Concilio's connection to other heath centers, staffing, and court-ordered referrals. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with reporters Leah Fletcher, Eric Sampedro, and Justina Chu, and the "Community Calendar." Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.


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Series
Say Brother
Program
What is Concilio?
Program Number

710

Title

Ethnic history of Puerto Rico

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 examines the work of the Concilio Human Services Program, which offers a bilingual drug rehabilitation program with detoxification, clinical, vocational, and academic services. Host Barbara Barrow speaks with Executive Director Nick Arana about self-help drug rehabilitation, program funding, working with non-Spanish addicts, Concilio's connection to other heath centers, staffing, and court-ordered referrals. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with reporters Leah Fletcher, Eric Sampedro, and Justina Chu, and the "Community Calendar."

Asset Type

Clip

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Concilio Human Services
Puerto Rico--History
Arana, Nick
Puerto Ricans--Ethnic identity
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
White, Conrad (Director)
Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
Contributors
Norton, Chas (Lighting)
Wilson, Bob (Stage Manager)
Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
Shipley, Jack (Still Photography)
Smith, Lee (Camera)
Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
Kane, Pat (Videotape Editor)
Chu, Justina (Reporter)
Cross, June (Production Assistant)
Coleman, Vernon (Audio Editor)
Songai, Jahid (Intern)
Balhatchet, Tom (Audio)
Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
Lane, Frank (Camera)
Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
Buccheri, Ron (Edit Programmer)
Correia, Dennis (Video)
Horne, Danny (Intern)
Floyd, Michael (Switcher)
Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
Clarke, Brian (Still Photography)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; What is Concilio?; Ethnic history of Puerto Rico,” 12/17/1976, GBH Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D230596C0E064C2A8F2D5E43E304B99D.
MLA: “Say Brother; What is Concilio?; Ethnic history of Puerto Rico.” 12/17/1976. GBH Archives. Web. March 29, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D230596C0E064C2A8F2D5E43E304B99D>.
APA: Say Brother; What is Concilio?; Ethnic history of Puerto Rico. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D230596C0E064C2A8F2D5E43E304B99D
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