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Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive
Part of Say Brother.
10/18/1974
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Old, Black and Alive
- Program Number
404
- 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 features a short documentary film produced by the National Caucus on the Black Aged, Inc. titled Old, Black and Alive. About the living conditions and attitudes of older African Americans, Old, Black and Alive has the stated objective of depicting "both the similarities and the differences" among the aged in Macon County, Alabama. Additional program segments include poetry readings by Sylvia Wright, an interview with composer Dr. Hall Johnson (who, at 81, reflects upon the sources of his work) conducted by Sarah-Ann Shaw, a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), an "Access" segment on the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center, "Information" on incorporating a business, and "Commentary" on values by Say Brother Producer Marita Rivero.
- Duration
00:58:27
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Community health services--Massachusetts--Roxbury
- Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
- Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970
- Mime
- Television broadcasting of films
- National Caucus on the Black Aged, Inc. New Film Company, Inc. Old, Black and Alive (Motion picture)
- Older people--Alabama
- African American composers
- African American women
- African Americans--Attitudes
- Jackson, Jacquelyne J.
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Poetry--Women authors
- Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center (Roxbury, Mass.)
- Shaw, Sarah-Ann
- Poetry
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Cantor, Frank
- Older African Americans
- Oral interpretation of poetry
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Marita Rivero (Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Cogell, Lloyd (Still Photography)
- McGuire Nicholas, Sallie (Production Assistant)
- Boston Art Ensemble (Theme Music)
- Cooper, James (Commentary Editor)
- Cross, June (Community Coordinator)
- Farrier, Stephen (Community Coordinator)
- Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive,” 10/18/1974, GBH Archives, accessed April 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8976F13F5BDC4CC5AD90D9E789B21D2C.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive.” 10/18/1974. GBH Archives. Web. April 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8976F13F5BDC4CC5AD90D9E789B21D2C>.
- APA: Say Brother; Old, Black and Alive. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8976F13F5BDC4CC5AD90D9E789B21D2C