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Say Brother; Experimental TV; Blast from the Past with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks
Part of Say Brother.
09/19/1975
In this clip, Summary"Blast from the Past" features an excerpt from a 1972 interview with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks on the need to increase the numbers of African Americans in the television and radio professions. Overall the program is divided into two halves: the first consisting of five dance segments aired in previous programs, the second of news magazine-style segments. Dance performances are by the Dance Company of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (performing the piece "Doogla"), the Dance Theatre of Boston (performing "Black Light"), and Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson, performing a mime/modern dance piece). Additional segments include "Information" (on preparing for unemployment), "Community Access" (on the work of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency and its role as a financier of mixed income developments), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from a 1972 interview with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks on the need for increasing the numbers of African Americans in the television and radio professions), the "Community Calendar," and "Commentary" by Producer Marita Rivero (consisting of film footage of an African American couple on a date). Produced by Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Experimental TV
- Program Number
429
- Title
Blast from the Past with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks
- 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 five dance segments aired in previous programs, the second of news-magazine style segments. Dance performances are by the Dance Company of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (performing "Dooga") and The Dance Theatre of Boston (performing "Black Light"). Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson) performs a mime/modern dance piece. Additional segments include: "Information" (on preparing for unemployment); "Community Access" (on the work of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency and it role as a financier of mixed income developments); "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from a 1972 interview with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks on the need for increasing the numbers of African Americans in the television and radio professions); "Community Calendar" (with community and cultural events listings); and "Commentary" by Marita Rivero (consisting of film footage about a black couple on a date).
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-
- Civil rights
- National Center of Afro-American Artists. Dance Company
- African Americans in radio broadcasting
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- Masssachusetts Housing Finance Agency (Boston, Mass.)
- Dance Theatre of Boston
- Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
- Segregation
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Smith, Lee (Studio Technician)
- Simons, Fred (Videotape Engineer)
- Chigas, Basil (Studio Technician)
- Floyd, Michael (Studio Technician)
- Balhatchet, Tom (Engineer)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Engineer)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Engineer)
- Hutton, David (Videotape Engineer)
- Crane, David (Videotape Engineer)
- Sullivan, John L. (Still Photography)
- Bordett, Bruce (Studio Technician)
- LeCain, Larry (Studio Technician)
- McGuire Nicholas, Sallie (Production Assistant)
- Boston Art Ensemble (Theme Music)
- Koppel, Tiit (Studio Technician)
- Holden, Dick (Studio Technician)
- Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
- Fairweather, Bill (Engineer)
- Wareham, Skip (Studio Technician)
- Plausse, John (Studio Technician)
- Wilson, Bob (Studio Technician)
- Cogell, Lloyd (Still Photography)
- Lane, Frank (Studio Technician)
- Charette, Bill (Studio Technician)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Engineer)
- MacDonald, Greg (Studio Technician)
- Correia, Dennis (Engineer)
- Handyside, Keith (Engineer)
- Henry, Arthur (Videotape Engineer)
- Buccheri, Ron (Studio Technician)
- Jones, Vickie (Production Assistant)
- Smith, Kathy (Studio Technician)
- Spangler, Jennifer (Engineer)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Experimental TV; Blast from the Past with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks,” 09/19/1975, GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E28FB33AB4434C2C9AEC8CCF0DD9C73E.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Experimental TV; Blast from the Past with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks.” 09/19/1975. GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E28FB33AB4434C2C9AEC8CCF0DD9C73E>.
- APA: Say Brother; Experimental TV; Blast from the Past with FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E28FB33AB4434C2C9AEC8CCF0DD9C73E