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Say Brother; Men and Women
Part of Say Brother.
06/07/1976
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Men and Women
- Program Number
624
- 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 examines the relationship between African American men and women via a studio presentation of one segment from the for-stage trilogy The Black Dyad. Directed by playwrights Evelyn and Melvin Moore, "The Commitment" deals with whether or not people should be compelled to share feelings of devotion with one another. Play performed is "The Commitment" and features actors Robert Welch and Nia Anderson. Additional program segments include previously aired commentary by professor and historian A.B. Spellman, "Book Beat," a reading of Winifred Oyoko Lovings' poem "Later On" by Producer Marita Rivero, and the "Community Calendar."
- Duration
00:30:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Man-woman relationships
- African Americans--Attitudes
- Black Dyad, The (Theatrical production)
- Spellman, A. B., 1935-
- African American poets
- African American actresses
- Moore, Evelyn
- Poetry--Women authors
- Oral interpretation of poetry
- Poetry
- African American theater
- Anderson, Nia
- African American actors
- Welch, Robert
- Moore, Melvin
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Marita Rivero (Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Allen, Lydia (Intern)
- Spangler, Jennifer (Audio)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
- Bourne, Wendell (Intern)
- Hill, Rebecca (Make Up)
- Kramer, Sharon (Graphic Designer)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Editor)
- Rivero, Marita (Host)
- Bundy, Kissette (Intern)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting)
- Clarke, Brian (Intern)
- Hutton, David (Videotape Editor)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Correia, Dennis (Video)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Chigas, Basil (Stage Manager)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Men and Women,” 06/07/1976, GBH Archives, accessed November 15, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B075D882915645BA82FF05BB3DE3CAC0.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Men and Women.” 06/07/1976. GBH Archives. Web. November 15, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B075D882915645BA82FF05BB3DE3CAC0>.
- APA: Say Brother; Men and Women. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B075D882915645BA82FF05BB3DE3CAC0