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Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive; Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans
Part of Say Brother.
10/31/1974
Excerpt from a program featuring a short documentary film produced by the National Caucus on the Black Aged, Inc. titled Old, Black and Alive. About the living conditions and attitudes of older African Americans, Old, Black and Alive has the stated objective of depicting "both the similarities and the differences" among the aged in Macon County, Alabama. Additional program segments include poetry readings by Sylvia Wright, an interview with composer Dr. Hall Johnson (who, at 81, reflects upon the sources of his work) conducted by Sarah-Ann Shaw, a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), an "Access" segment on the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center, "Information" on incorporating a business, and "Commentary" on values by Say Brother Producer Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Old, Black and Alive
- Program Number
404
- Title
Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans
- 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 features a short documentary film produced by the National Caucus on the Black Aged, Inc. titled Old, Black and Alive. About the living conditions and attitudes of older African Americans, Old, Black and Alive has the stated objective of depicting "both the similarities and the differences" among the aged in Macon County, Alabama. Additional program segments include poetry readings by Sylvia Wright, an interview with composer Dr. Hall Johnson (who, at 81, reflects upon the sources of his work) conducted by Sarah-Ann Shaw, a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), an "Access" segment on the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center, "Information" on incorporating a business, and "Commentary" on values by Say Brother Producer Marita Rivero.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Shaw, Sarah-Ann
- New Film Company, Inc.
- Old, Black and Alive (Motion picture)
- Cantor, Frank
- Older people--Alabama
- Older African Americans
- Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970
- Jackson, Jacquelyne J.
- Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
- African American women
- National Caucus on the Black Aged (U.S.)
- Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center (Roxbury, Mass.)
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- Contributors
- Cross, June (Community Coordinator)
- Boston Art Ensemble (Theme Music)
- Cogell, Lloyd (Still Photography)
- McGuire Nicholas, Sallie (Production Assistant)
- Cooper, James (Commentary Editor)
- Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
- Farrier, Stephen (Community Coordinator)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive; Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans,” 10/31/1974, GBH Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F8B44F55A90B4FDAA39E7822E940740D.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive; Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans.” 10/31/1974. GBH Archives. Web. April 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F8B44F55A90B4FDAA39E7822E940740D>.
- APA: Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive; Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F8B44F55A90B4FDAA39E7822E940740D