Program Street Dancers Bash rehearsing the song "Runnin" Program offers an in-depth look at one of Boston's popular musical groups in 1979, Street Dancers Bash, via footage of the group rehearsing songs they ultimately performed for Say Brother's studio audience. Musicians Victor Comer (director, guitar, keyboards), Tanya Hart (vocalist, and local television personality who appeared on Say Brother as an arts critic), Steven Cantor (guitar), Dean Cassell (base guitar), Danny Schwartz (percussionist), Doug Anderson (keyboard), Armsted Christian (vocalist), Tony Leonard (vocals, percussion), and Bert Syms (drummer) rehearse and perform their songs "Runnin," "Night Dreams," and "Tonight Isn't Fair." Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
Series 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, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez.
