In the Matter of Levi Hart Program 1120 Original Airdate: 4/23/1981 Subject Keywords Afro-American politicans Afro-American teenagers Discrimination in law enforcement Police brutality Trials (police misconduct) Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Banks, Judge Richard L. Bourque, Richard Bunte, Doris Daughtry, Rev. Herbert Graham, Saundra Hart, Levi Corporate Names Boston Police Department - Massachusetts Program Description Program investigates the events the night Levi Hart, a 14-year-old African American youth from Roxbury, Mass., was killed in a police chase. (Hart, and two other Roxbury youths had stolen and car. When the officers caught up to them, Hart was shot, arguably by Richard Bourque in an act of police brutality.) Say Brother, in a documentary-style program, interviews Andrea Swores (a teacher of Hart's), Jean Hart (Levi Hart's mother), Judge Richard L. Banks (who presided over the inquest), Dr. Luke G. Tedeschi (who performed the second autopsy on Hart's body), Henry F. Owens, III (the Hart family lawyer), and attorney Frank J. McGee (who represented police officer Richard Bourque in the lawsuit that followed). Program features the additional commentary of state representative Doris Bunte and Saundra Graham, the comments of the Chairman of the National Black United Front Rev. Herbert Daughtry, and dramatic reenactments of the morning Hart was killed and of three testimonials from the legal transcript of the initial inquest investigating the shooting (those of eyewitness Harcourt Lewis, Roxbury youth Darrius Williams, and Boston police officer Richard Bourque). Producer Barbara Barrow-Murray Associate Producer Beth Deare Director George Rivera Editor Bob Nesson Writer Barbara Barrow-Murray Performers Jay Blitzman (actor) Stephen Burrell (actor) Donato Colucci (actor) Barry Doe (actor) Paul Dunn (actor) Chuck Harris (actor) Errol Johnson (actor) Al Kaplan (actor) Harlin Kearsley (actor) Valerie Kilpatrick (actor) Richard McElvain (actor) Leroi J. Shelton (actor) David Sotolongo (actor) Donna Stephenski (actor) Others Judy Banks (production assistant) Patrick Barclay (intern) Barbara Barrow-Murray (director - program segment) Mark Bennett (intern) Marc Beres (gaffer) Susan Brennan (audio) Ron Buccheri (switcher) Lynn Conroy (camera) Jim Deering (videotape recordist) Lynn Duval (intern) Michael Easterling (production manager) Bill Fairweather (video) Deborah Gibbs (assistant unit manager) Eliat Goldman (video) Rebecca Hill (make-up) Rebecca Hill (wardrobe) Dave Hutton (videotape recordist) John Jenkins (audio) Tiit Koppel (switcher) Frank Lane (camera) Webster Lewis (theme music) Greg MacDonald (camera) Roger Macie (video) Gene Mackles (graphic designer) John MacKnight (videotape recordist) Fran Mahard (scenic design) Salem Mekuria (production secretary) Chas Norton (lighting director) John Plausse (switcher) John Plausse (stage manager) Aubrey Stewart (video) Darlene Strother (intern) John L. Sullivan (stage manager) John L. Sullivan (camera) Skip Wareham (camera) Evelyn Williams-Moore (casting) Bob Wilson (camera) Evelyn Wong (production assistant) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-06082 Original footage 3/4" cassette -1 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -2 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -3 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -4 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -5 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -6 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -7 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -8 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -9 (item number not yet assigned) Original footage 3/4" cassette -10 (item number not yet assigned) Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01526 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01526A Viewing copy 1/2" reel-to-reel videotape (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 3/4" cassette -1 (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 3/4" cassette -2 (item number not yet assigned) 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.