BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOUR: TELEVISION, MEMORY, RACE (1936-1968), PT. 1 OF 4 (TV)
Summary
Part one of this four-part documentary about the depiction of blacks on television. In this part, the following people express their views and recall their memories about the portrayal and employment of "colored people" on television from 1936-1968: actor Thomas Babtiste; Pearl Connor; director and producer Philip Donnellan; writer and producer John Elliot; actor Cy Grant; Stuart Hall, professor of sociology at the Open University; actress Pauline Henriques; actress Joan Hooley; writer John Hopkins; producer Anthony de Lotbiniere; actor Kenny Lynch; actress Carmen Munroe; actress Cleo Sylvestre; singer and actress Elisabeth Welch; and producer Desmond Wilcox. Also shown are clips of the following performers and television shows: Buck and Bubbles on "Calling All Stars" (1937); Elisabeth Welch singing "Stormy Weather" on "Television Is Here Again" (1946); Adelaide Hall singing "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (1947); Harry Belafonte (1958); Eartha Kitt (1962); the Nicholas Brothers; Johnny Nitt (1937); "All God's Children Got Wings"; "Special Inquiry: Has Britain a Colour Bar?" (1955); "A Man from the Sun" (1956); "The Colony" (1964); "Asian Club" (1957); "People in Trouble" (1958); Cy Grant on "Tonight: Look Around with Cliff Michelmore" (1961); "Z Cars: A Place of Safety"; "Fable" (1965); Joan Hooley on "Emergency Ward 10" (1964); Cleo Sylvestre in "Some Women" (1969); "Cathy Come Home" (1966); "Up the Junction" (1965); Errol John in "Rainbow City"; "Enquiry: The Angry Ghetto" (1964); Malcolm X (1964); "Encounter: Martin Luther King" (1964); and "Man Alive: Go Back Where You Came From" (1968). The guests also discuss the use of television to shock the United Kingdom into acknowledging its race problems.
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: June 27, 1992 8:50 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:46:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:31898
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Actors, Black; Blacks in mass media; Blacks in television broadcasting; Blacks in the performing arts; International Collection - United Kingdom; Race; Race awareness; Race relations; Television; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: BBC - TV, 1992
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Chris Lent … Executive Producer
- Richard Paterson … Executive Producer
- Colin MacCabe … Producer
- Eliza Mellor … Associate Producer
- Isaac Julien … Director
- Stephen Bourne … Researcher
- Therese Daniels … Researcher
- Trevor Mathison … Music by
- Edward George … Music by
- Black Audio Film Collective … Music (Misc. Credits), Original Music From
- Stuart Hall … Narrator
- Thomas Babtiste … Guest
- Pearl Connor … Guest
- Philip Donnellan … Guest
- John Elliot … Guest
- Cy Grant … Guest
- Stuart Hall … Guest
- Pauline Henriques … Guest
- Joan Hooley … Guest
- John Hopkins … Guest
- Anthony de Lotbiniere … Guest
- Kenny Lynch … Guest
- Carmen Munroe … Guest
- Cleo Sylvestre … Guest
- Elisabeth Welch … Guest
- Harry Belafonte
- Buck and Bubbles
- Cy Grant
- Adelaide Hall
- Errol John
- Eartha Kitt
- Malcolm X (Malcolm Little; El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz)
- Nicholas Brothers, The
- Johnny Nitt
- Cleo Sylvestre
- Desmond Wilcox