BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOUR: TELEVISION, MEMORY, RACE (1968-1992) {PART 2 OF 4} (TV)
Summary
Part two of this four-part documentary about the depiction of blacks on television. In this part, the following people discuss how television dealt with racial issues and portrayed the lives of blacks from 1968-1992: writer Michael Abbensetts; director John Akomfrah; director Karen Alexander; producer and director Stuart Allen; actor Norman Beaton; Pearl Connor; Farrukh Dhondy, commissioning editor of Channel 4; journalist and presenter Brenda Emmanus; Alan Fountain, commissioning editor for Channel 4; actor Shreela Ghosh; cultural critic Paul Gilroy; cultural critic Stuart Hall; actor Lenny Henry; Jeremy Isaacs, chief executive of Channel 4 from 1981 to 1987; actress Judith Jacob; poet and recording artist Linton Kwesi Johnson; director Isaac Julien; writer and director Hanif Kureishi; cultural critic Kobena Mercer; actress Carmen Munroe; director Horace Ove; Trevor Philips, editor of the London Programme; cultural critic Jim Pines; Jonathan Powell, controller for BBC 1; Colin Prescod, editor of BBC TV African-Caribbean Unit; Samir Shar, editor of the BBC TV News & Current Affairs; writer Johnny Speight; actor Rudolph Walker; and writer Vron Ware. Also shown are clips of the following performers and television shows: "Till Death Us Do Part: The Blood Donor" (1968); "Till Death Us Do Part: Intolerance" (1966); "Love Thy Neighbour: Thames" (1972); "Mind Your Language" (1978); "Roots" (1977); "The Fight Against Slavery" (1975); "The Fosters" (1976-1977); "Empire Road" (1978-1979); "Open Door: It Ain't Half Racism Mum" (1979); David Duke on "Tonight" with Denis Tuohy; "Skin" (1980-1982); "Ebony" with Juliet Alexander (1982-1989); "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985); "Eastern Eye"; "Black on Black" (1982-1985); "No Problem!" (1983-1985); "Eastenders" (1985); "The Lenny Henry Show" (1987-1988); "The Passion of Remembrance" (1986); "Granada: Jewel in the Crown" (1984); "Playing Away" (1986); "Handsworth Songs" (1986); Paul Nischall, a prospective Tory candidate in Small Heath (1983,1987); "Black on Europe" (1991); "Bandung File" (1985-1990); and "Looking for Langston" (1989). The guests also discuss the purpose of Channel 4.
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: June 28, 1992 8:50 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:31899
- 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
- Michael Abbensetts … Guest
- John Akomfrah … Guest
- Karen Alexander … Guest
- Stuart Allen … Guest
- Norman Beaton … Guest
- Pearl Connor … Guest
- Farrukh Dhondy … Guest
- Brenda Emmanus … Guest
- Alan Fountain … Guest
- Shreela Ghosh … Guest
- Paul Gilroy … Guest
- Stuart Hall … Guest
- Lenny Henry … Guest
- Jeremy Isaacs … Guest
- Judith Jacob … Guest
- Linton Kwesi Johnson … Guest
- Isaac Julien … Guest
- Hanif Kureishi … Guest
- Kobena Mercer … Guest
- Carmen Munroe … Guest
- Horace Ove … Guest
- Trevor Philips … Guest
- Jim Pines … Guest
- Jonathan Powell … Guest
- Colin Prescod … Guest
- Samir Shar … Guest
- Johnny Speight … Guest
- Rudolph Walker … Guest
- Vron Ware … Guest
- Juliet Alexander
- David Duke
- Paul Nischall
- Denis Tuohy