Experimental TV Program 429 Original Airdate: 6/19/1975 Subject Keywords Afro-American dance Afro-Americans in radio broadcasting Afro-Americans in television broadcasting Afro-Americans in the performing arts Housing development - Massachusetts Mime Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Hooks, Benjamin Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid) Corporate Names Dance Company of the National Center of Afro-American Artists Dance Theatre of Boston Masssachusetts Housing Finance Agency - Boston - Massachusetts Program Description Program is divided into two halves: the first consisting of five dance segments aired in previous programs, the second of newsmagazine-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). Producer Marita Rivero Associate Producer Barbara Barrow Director Conrad White Editor Henry Johnson Writer Dighton Spooner Performers National Center of Afro-American Artists, The (dancers) Dance Theatre of Boston, The (dancers) Annette Brown (dancer) Fred Johnson (Halim Adbur Rashid) (mime) Others Boston Art Ensemble (theme music) Tom Balhatchet (engineer) Bruce Bordett (studio technician) Ron Buccheri (studio technician) Bill Charette (studio technician) Basil Chigas (studio technician) Lloyd Cogell (still photography) Dennis Correia (engineer) David Crane (videotape engineer) Bill Fairweather (engineer) Michael Floyd (studio technician) Keith Handyside (engineer) Arthur Henry (videotape engineer) Dick Holden (studio technician) David Hutton (videotape engineer) Vickie Jones (production assistant) Pat Kane (videotape engineer) Tiit Koppel (studio technician) Frank Lane (studio technician) Larry LeCain (studio technician) Greg MacDonald (studio technician) John MacKnight (studio technician) John MacKnight (videotape engineer) Sallie McGuire (production assistant) John Plausse (studio technician) Fred Simons (videotape engineer) Kathy Smith (studio technician) Lee Smith (studio technician) Jennifer Spangler (engineer) Dighton Spooner (researcher) David St. Onge (videotape engineer) John L. Sullivan (still photography) Skip Wareham (studio technician) Bob Wilson (studio technician) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-00836 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01457A Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01457 Viewing copy VHS cassette (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.