Vignette on the struggle to find employment

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Title:
Vignette on the struggle to find employment
Description:
Excerpt from the studio performance of Something About the Blues, a play by Fred Johnson, in which the actors choose to revise the play's subject matter, using "real life" situations to illustrate the "singing of the blues.". Clifton Powell performs a vignette about the struggle to find employment. Overall the program examines themes in blues music via a for-television version of Something About the Blues, a play by Fred Johnson. A "play within a play," Something About the Blues takes place in a nightclub during a final rehearsal for a television program about the blues, in which the actors choose to revise the play's subject matter and uses "real life" situations to illustrate the "singing of the blues." Examples are personal (rather than political), and include: heartbreak, unemployment, loneliness, suspicion, street crime, humor, misunderstanding, and sorrow. Directed by Elaine T. Koury (theater) and John A. Ross (music). Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by David Atwood.
Director:
Atwood, David
Creator:
Deare, Beth
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Smith, Lee
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Plausse, John
Contributor:
Holden, Dick
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Buccheri, Ron
Contributor:
McKenna, Jim
Contributor:
Carey, Nancy
Contributor:
Johnson, Nat
Contributor:
Norton, Randy
Contributor:
Rivera, George
Contributor:
Clarke, Brian
Contributor:
Chigas, Basil
Researcher:
Bostic, Karl
Contributor:
Wilson, Bob
Contributor:
Wong, Evelyn
Contributor:
Brennan, Susan
Contributor:
White, Conrad
Contributor:
Norton, Chas
Contributor:
Lewis, Webster
Contributor:
Kane, Pat
Contributor:
St. Onge, David
Contributor:
Hugentugler, Carol
Contributor:
Fairweather, Bill
Contributor:
Mahard, Fran
Contributor:
Handyside, Keith
Contributor:
Koppel, Tiit
Contributor:
Lane, Frank
Date:
January 12, 1978
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Blues (Music)
African American theater
Something About the Blues (Teleplay)
Television adaptations
African American actors
Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4AEA5E0DC5164A8BA7913782C373FDF9
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_4AEA5E0DC5164A8BA7913782C373FDF9