The Earth is a Perfect Mother by Ron Skenandore

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Title:
The Earth is a Perfect Mother by Ron Skenandore
Description:
In this clip Native American author Ron Skenandore, former member of the Americam Indian Movement, and eyewitness at Wounded Knee, discusses his book The Earth is a Perfect Mother. Overall the program examines the problems related to public housing in Boston, Massachusetts. Host Melvin Moore speaks with guests Myra McAdoo (Executive Director of the Tenants' Policy Council), Alan Root (Chairman of the Tenants' Policy Council), and David McDonough (Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority) to discuss the relationship between the Boston Housing Authority and the Tenants Policy Council, the needs of tenants from the viewpoint of different Boston organizations, the nature of the "consent decree," and what is necessary to improve conditions for tenants. Additional segments include the "Third World Connection" (on intermarriages between Native Americans and Africans in Massachusetts in the 1800s), an interview with Native American author Ron Skenandore (whose discusses his book The Earth is a Perfect Mother), an interview with pianist Reginald Hubbard (who discusses his Hubbard Concert Series), and an in-studio performance by Hubbard. Directed by Barbara Barrow-Murray, David DeBarger and Eric Himes.
Director:
Himes, Eric
Director:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Creator:
Moore, Melvin
Director:
DeBarger, David
Contributor:
Smith, Lee
Contributor:
Johnson, Nat
Researcher:
Yang, Eileen
Contributor:
McGonagle, Richard
Contributor:
Kane, Pat
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Coleman, Vern
Contributor:
MacDonald, Greg
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Clarke, Brian
Contributor:
Fairweather, Bill
Host:
Moore, Melvin
Contributor:
MacKnight, John
Host:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Smith, Kathy
Contributor:
Wareham, Skip
Contributor:
White, Conrad
Contributor:
Koppel, Tiit
Contributor:
Horne, Danny
Contributor:
Rivera, George
Contributor:
Plausse, John
Contributor:
LaBillois, Ann
Contributor:
Mahard, Fran
Contributor:
Lewis, Webster
Contributor:
Buccheri, Ron
Contributor:
Waters, Mitch
Contributor:
Hutton, David
Contributor:
Sullivan, John L.
Contributor:
LeCain, Larry
Contributor:
St. Onge, David
Contributor:
Clark, Marvin
Contributor:
Cronin, Mary
Contributor:
Stewart, Aubrey
Date:
February 17, 1978
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Indian philosophy--North America
McAdoo, Myra
Tenants' Policy Council (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Housing Authority
McDonough, David
Skenandore, Ron
Hubbard, Reginald
Link to Item:
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_243830683C744E0EA9B74E0130FC6E23