Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans

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Title:
Retirement facilities for elderly African Americans
Description:
Excerpt from a program featuring a short documentary film produced by the National Caucus on the Black Aged, Inc. titled Old, Black and Alive. About the living conditions and attitudes of older African Americans, Old, Black and Alive has the stated objective of depicting "both the similarities and the differences" among the aged in Macon County, Alabama. Additional program segments include poetry readings by Sylvia Wright, an interview with composer Dr. Hall Johnson (who, at 81, reflects upon the sources of his work) conducted by Sarah-Ann Shaw, a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), an "Access" segment on the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center, "Information" on incorporating a business, and "Commentary" on values by Say Brother Producer Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
Director:
White, Conrad
Creator:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Producer:
Rivero, Marita
Contributor:
Cross, June
Contributor:
Boston Art Ensemble
Contributor:
Cogell, Lloyd
Contributor:
McGuire Nicholas, Sallie
Contributor:
Cooper, James
Researcher:
Spooner, Dighton
Contributor:
Farrier, Stephen
Date:
October 31, 1974
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Shaw, Sarah-Ann
New Film Company, Inc
Old, Black and Alive (Motion picture)
Cantor, Frank
Older people--Alabama
Older African Americans
Jackson, Jacquelyne J.
Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
African American women
National Caucus on the Black Aged (U.S.)
Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center (Roxbury, Mass.)
Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F8B44F55A90B4FDAA39E7822E940740D
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_F8B44F55A90B4FDAA39E7822E940740D