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Say Brother; African Derivations; Mario Valdes discusses Black divinities
Part of Say Brother.
11/17/1978
In this clip Mario Valdes discusses the importance of black female divinites in the ancient world, with particular reference to the African Diana and Isis. Overall in the program, Mario Valdes, a historian, producer, and writer, formerly with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Film Board, and the research staff of Say Brother, presents a compilation of segments he prepared between 1976 and 1978 for Say Brother's "Third World Connection" series. Valdes introduces and enriches the content presented in these original segments, which focuses on the genealogical impact and cultural contributions that Africa made to ancient Greek, Roman, Chinese, and Middle Eastern civilizations. Program narrated over photographs of historical prints, paintings, sculpture, and maps with in-studio commentary by Valdes. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke and Eric Himes.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- African Derivations
- Program Number
905
- Title
Mario Valdes discusses Black divinities
- 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
Mario Valdes, a historian, producer, and writer, formerly with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Film Board, and the research staff of Say Brother, presents a compilation of segments he prepared between 1976 and 1978 for Say Brother's "Third World Connection" series. Valdes introduces and enriches the content presented in these original segments, which focuses on the genealogical impact and cultural contributions that Africa made to ancient Greek, Roman, Chinese, and Middle Eastern civilizations. Program narrated over photographs of historical prints, paintings, sculpture, and maps with in-studio commentary by Valdes.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Greece--Civilization--African influences
- Europe--Civilization--African influences
- Rome--Civilization--African influences
- Middle East--Civilization
- Civilization, Western--African influences
- Asia--Civilization--African influences
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- de Valdes y Cocom, Mario (Producer)
- Clarke, Brian (Director)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Himes, Eric (Director)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Carey, Nancy (Intern)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- DeVitt, Doug (Videotape Recordist)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- MacKnight, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Buccheri, Ron (Stage Manager)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Rosenthal, Iris (Assistant Cameraman)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; African Derivations; Mario Valdes discusses Black divinities,” 11/17/1978, GBH Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_796FAEF18877493D97D9D61ED43DC295.
- MLA: “Say Brother; African Derivations; Mario Valdes discusses Black divinities.” 11/17/1978. GBH Archives. Web. April 20, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_796FAEF18877493D97D9D61ED43DC295>.
- APA: Say Brother; African Derivations; Mario Valdes discusses Black divinities. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_796FAEF18877493D97D9D61ED43DC295