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Say Brother; Hustlers, Drugs and Prison
Part of Say Brother.
09/20/1972
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Hustlers, Drugs and Prison
- Program Number
239
- 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 illegal drugs, and the continued effect they have on the African American community via an exploration of the recent drug-culture film Superfly and discussions with local drug rehabilitation employees. Program includes clips from the recent film, an interview with actor Ron O'Neal conducted by John Slade, a discussion among community members who oppose the film (John Chatterton of the Bay State Banner and David Booker and Fred Smallwood of First Incorporated, a drug rehabilitation program in Roxbury that is among the oldest in the country), "man on the street" interviews regarding drug use, and a discussion with South End Community Drug Council employees Joseph Nkunta, Rochelle Lee, and Steve Moss about the specific ways they handle drug abuse in the community.
- Duration
00:60:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Television broadcasting of films
- African American journalists
- Superfly (Motion picture)
- Moss, Steve
- Drugs in motion pictures
- Segregation
- Civil rights
- Nkunta, Joseph
- Lee, Rochelle
- Smallwood, Fred
- Booker, David
- Chatterton, John
- O'Neal, Ron
- African American actors
- African Americans--Attitudes
- Drug abuse--Treatment--Massachusetts
- South End Community Drug Council (Boston, Mass.)
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- John Slade (Producer)
- Tillman, Russell (Director)
- Davis, Silas (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Campanella , Roy, Jr. (Filmmaker)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Production Assistant)
- Johnson, Henry (Filmmaker)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Hustlers, Drugs and Prison,” 09/20/1972, GBH Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A15B3AB098824BAD9F42E7CE3284BA92.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Hustlers, Drugs and Prison.” 09/20/1972. GBH Archives. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A15B3AB098824BAD9F42E7CE3284BA92>.
- APA: Say Brother; Hustlers, Drugs and Prison. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A15B3AB098824BAD9F42E7CE3284BA92