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Say Brother; Dream Deferred, A; Sanola
Part of Say Brother.
08/23/1976
Excerpt from the film Sanola, a black and white documentary film produced by Ed Pincus and Donald Neuman, and distributed by Cambridgeport Film Corporation. Living in poverty, Sanola (jokingly called "X Jr." by friends) talks about the various jobs he has held over the years including a tree surgeon, sawmill hand, and a soft shoe dancer. Overall the program focuses on the African American experience in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1965 via a broadcast of Sanola, a black and white documentary film produced by Ed Pincus and Donald Neuman, and distributed by Cambridgeport Film Corporation. Living in poverty, Sanola (jokingly called "X Jr." by friends) is filmed interacting with other African American Natchez residents and neighborhood children. A former tree surgeon, Sanola is now a disoriented and disillusioned alcoholic. He discusses poverty, welfare, work, child abuse at the hand of his mother, and his household. Additional segments include the "Community Calendar" and a narrated segment in which associate producer Barbara Barrow states that next season, Say Brother will broaden its perspective to include all Third World people. Produced by Marita Muhammad Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Dream Deferred, A
- Program Number
625
- Title
Sanola
- 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 African American experience in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1965 via a broadcast of Sanola, a black and white documentary film produced by Ed Pincus and Donald Neuman, and distributed by Cambridgeport Film Corporation. Living in poverty, Sanola (jokingly called "X Jr." by friends) is filmed interacting with other African American Natchez residents and neighborhood children. A former tree surgeon, Sanola is now a disoriented and disillusioned alcoholic. He discusses poverty, welfare, work, child abuse at the hand of his mother, and his household. Additional segments include the "Community Calendar" and a narrated segment in which associate producer Barbara Barrow states that next season, Say Brother will broaden its perspective to include all Third World people.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Sanola (Motion picture)
- Social problems in motion pictures
- African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Television broadcasting of films
- Southern States--In motion pictures
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- White, Don (Video)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Bundy, Kissette (Intern)
- Clarke, Brian (Intern)
- Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
- Bourne, Wendell (Intern)
- Hutton, David (Videotape Editor)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Kramer, Sharon (Graphic Designer)
- Allen, Lydia (Intern)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Dream Deferred, A; Sanola,” 08/23/1976, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_946D2CEFA558413C93237DC70EDC7712.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Dream Deferred, A; Sanola.” 08/23/1976. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_946D2CEFA558413C93237DC70EDC7712>.
- APA: Say Brother; Dream Deferred, A; Sanola. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_946D2CEFA558413C93237DC70EDC7712