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Say Brother; Black Repertory Company; Blast from the Past with vocalist Miriam Makeba
Part of Say Brother.
03/20/1975
In this clip "Blast from the Past" features an excerpt from a 1971 interview with vocalist Miriam Makeba. She talks about her concerts in Europe and Africa, as well as her marriage to Stokely Carmichael and how this has affected her singing career. Overall the program is divided into two halves: the first consisting of three segments related to African American theater in Boston, the second of news magazine-style segments. Harold Stuart, Director of the Boston Black Repertory Company and company actors Mattye "Mama" Long and Frederick Tyson discuss the differences between "theater" and "Black theater," how Black theater affects members of the community, how talented individuals find the time to act, problems financially supporting Black theater, and why there is so little Black theater in Boston. Following the discussion is an eleven minute excerpt from the Company's latest production, A Raisin in the Sun, and a short interview with two Emerson students who helped film the production (Stephen Farrier and Jacquie Gales, both members of the Emerson student group EBONI Productions). Additional program segments include "Access" (about the Sav-Mor government-funded security program), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from a 1971 interview with vocalist Miriam Makeba on how her marriage to Stokely Carmichael affected her singing career and her opinion on Guinea's response to a recent invasion attempt by the Portuguese), "Information" (on minority recruitment for the Peace Corps' Vista program), the "Community Calendar," "Commentary" by Marita Rivero (who reads a reworked version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"), and three "Philosophy of Life" segments with musician Herbie Hancock. Produced by Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Black Repertory Company
- Program Number
418
- Title
Blast from the Past with vocalist Miriam Makeba
- 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 is divided into two halves: the first consisting of three segments related to African American theater in Boston, the second of newsmagazine-style segments. Harold Stuart, Director of the Boston Black Repertory Company and company actors Mattye "Mama" Long and Frederick Tyson discuss the differences between "theater" and "Black theater," how Black theater affects members of the community, how talented individuals find the time to act, problems financially supporting Black theater, and why there is so little Black theater in Boston. Following the discussion is an eleven minute excerpt from the Company’s latest production, A Raisin in the Sun, and a short interview with two Emerson students who helped film the production (Stephen Farrier and Jacquie Gales, both members of the Emerson student group EBONI Productions). Additional program segments include "Access" (about the Sav-Mor government-funded security program), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from a 1971 interview with vocalist Miriam Makeba on how her marriage to Stokely Carmichael affected her singing career and her opinion on Guinea’s response to a recent invasion attempt by the Portuguese), "Information" (on minority recruitment for the Peace Corps' Vista program), the "Community Calendar," "Commentary" by Marita Rivero (who reads a reworked version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"), and three "Philosophy of Life" segments with musician Herbie Hancock.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Carmichael, Stokely
- Hancock, Herbie, 1940-
- Gales, Jacquie
- Tyson, Frederick
- Stuart, Harold
- African American musicians
- African American singers
- Farrier, Stephen
- Sav-Mor
- Makeba, Miriam
- E.B.O.N.I. Productions (Boston, Mass.)
- Long, Mattye
- Vista Program (Boston, Mass.)
- Boston Black Repertory Company
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Farrier, Stephen (Community Coordinator)
- Cogell, Lloyd (Still Photography)
- Cross, June (Community Coordinator)
- Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
- Boston Art Ensemble (Theme Music)
- Jones, Vickie (Production Assistant)
- Stuart, Harold (Host)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Black Repertory Company; Blast from the Past with vocalist Miriam Makeba,” 03/20/1975, GBH Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A82CE84729A7411DBA6323331EB284A9.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Black Repertory Company; Blast from the Past with vocalist Miriam Makeba.” 03/20/1975. GBH Archives. Web. April 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A82CE84729A7411DBA6323331EB284A9>.
- APA: Say Brother; Black Repertory Company; Blast from the Past with vocalist Miriam Makeba. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A82CE84729A7411DBA6323331EB284A9