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Say Brother; Fashion Fun
Part of Say Brother.
03/10/1977
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Fashion Fun
- Program Number
726
- 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
Host Barbara Barrow and Say Brother fashion consultant Rebecca Hill speak with two Boston-based clothing designers: Bettye Downs and Nik D'ambra. Subjects include how they started designing clothes, their choice of models, what people look for in custom clothing and why they are willing to spend so much, costs related to custom clothing, choice of fabrics, and design sensibility. Fashions by both designers are modeled during the program.
- Duration
00:30:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- African American women
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion designers--Massachusetts
- Downs, Bettye
- African American fashion designers
- D'ambra, Nik
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Barbara Barrow (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Kaan, Valerie (Commentator)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Songai, Jahid (Intern)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Smith, Lee (Lighting Assistant)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant To The Producer)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Sullivan, John (Assistant Stage Manager)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Fashion Fun,” 03/10/1977, GBH Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_333398B1A86347DCA8077B3428A0A3CA.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Fashion Fun.” 03/10/1977. GBH Archives. Web. April 20, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_333398B1A86347DCA8077B3428A0A3CA>.
- APA: Say Brother; Fashion Fun. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_333398B1A86347DCA8077B3428A0A3CA