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Say Brother; Our Aboriginal Brothers; Blast From the Past with Cleve Sellers
Part of Say Brother.
11/21/1974
In this clip, "Blast From the Past" features an interview with Cleve Sellers, member of the Cornell University development staff. Sellers comments on black studies programs in white institutions and what constitutes a viable program for black students. Overall the program focuses on the culture of Australian aborigines. Host/interviewer Dighton Spooner speaks with Gulpilil and other Australians about music, ceremonies, instruments, costuming, and the requirements for the survival of Australia's aboriginal culture. Interviews touch upon offers from European companies to purchase tribal lands, Australia's attempts to restore its native culture, rules governing "mixed blood" in Australian government, the impact of African American leaders on Australia, the creative force behind aboriginal cultures, and European repression of native cultural tradition. Additional program segments include two mime performances by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), "Blast From the Past" (with an interview with Cleve Sellers, member of the Cornell University development staff), "Information" on college preparatory services, "Access" (on the services of the Council of Elders, Inc.), the "Community Calendar," and "Commentary" by Producer Marita Rivero. Original air date estimated. Produced by Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Our Aboriginal Brothers
- Program Number
407
- Title
Blast From the Past with Cleve Sellers
- 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 focuses on the culture of Australian aborigines. Host/interviewer Dighton Spooner speaks with Gulpilil and other Australians about music, ceremonies, instruments, costuming, and the requirements for the survival of Australia's aboriginal culture. Interviews touch upon offers from European companies to purchase tribal lands, Australia's attempts to restore its native culture, rules governing "mixed blood" in Australian government, the impact of African American leaders on Australia, the creative force behind aboriginal cultures, and European repression of native cultural tradition. Additional program segments include two mime performances by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), "Blast From the Past" (with an interview with Cleve Sellers, member of the Cornell University development staff), "Information" on college preparatory services, "Access" (on the services of the Council of Elders, Inc.), the "Community Calendar," and "Commentary" by Producer Marita Rivero.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Segregation
- Council of Elders, Inc. - Boston - Massachusetts
- Lewis, Elma
- Curriculum planning
- Civil rights
- Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
- Sellers, Cleve
- African Americans--Study and teaching
- Educational Talent Search Program - Boston - Massachusetts
- Universities and colleges
- Gulpilil
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Cross, June (Community Coordinator)
- Nicholas , Huntley, Jr. (Film Sound)
- Spooner, Dighton (Host)
- Izzi, Steve (Audio Mixer)
- Boston Art Ensemble (Theme Music)
- McGuire Nicholas, Sallie (Production Assistant)
- Farrier, Stephen (Community Coordinator)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Our Aboriginal Brothers; Blast From the Past with Cleve Sellers,” 11/21/1974, GBH Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3543EDFA6460452CB2680C8A8416000D.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Our Aboriginal Brothers; Blast From the Past with Cleve Sellers.” 11/21/1974. GBH Archives. Web. April 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3543EDFA6460452CB2680C8A8416000D>.
- APA: Say Brother; Our Aboriginal Brothers; Blast From the Past with Cleve Sellers. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3543EDFA6460452CB2680C8A8416000D