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Rebop; Making It: They Tell Their Stories

Greg and Reba

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Series

Rebop

Program

Making It: They Tell Their Stories

Program Number

202

Series Description

Hosted by LeVar Burton - three eight minute films per half hour program. Each film about a kid from different parts of the country, ethnic groups, interests. Second season had two films per half hour. Aimed for audience ages 9-13. Featured the languages, families and achievements of minority kids across the country. Series release date: 9/1976

Program Description

Greg Louganis, a 1976 Olympic silver medal winner in diving, is a Samoan adopted by Greek-American parents. He describes the extensive training and work that go into becoming a championship diver.

Reba, of Puerto Rican ancestry, is a runaway at age 16. She tells why she left home an talks of the problems of making it on her own.

Duration

00:28:34

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Magazine

Topics

Race and Ethnicity

Citation

Chicago: “Rebop; Making It: They Tell Their Stories,” GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7E3179CFF4AF47919AAB5CEF14438A7C.

MLA: “Rebop; Making It: They Tell Their Stories.” GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7E3179CFF4AF47919AAB5CEF14438A7C>.

APA: Rebop; Making It: They Tell Their Stories. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7E3179CFF4AF47919AAB5CEF14438A7C