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OPB honors Black History Month
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Duke Ellington's Washington
Mon, February 7, 2000 10:00P-
1 l:00P (60 mins)
Great Performances A ida’s
Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices
in Opera
Wed, February 16, 2000 9:30P-
1 LOOP (90 mins)
With correspondent Hedrick Smith,
this one-hour program outlines the
flowering o f the African-American
community in Washington, DC,
during the early 20th century and
the area’s revival today. In the era
before the Harlem Renaissance, the
Washington black community was
the center o f black culture in
America — a jazz mecca for such
greats as Duke Ellington, Cab
C allow ay, Pearl B ailey, Louis
Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. In
that era, W a sh in g to n ’s black
com m unity was the largest in
America. Unlike Harlem, which was
largely white-owned, U Street —
dubbed ‘the black Broadway’ by
Washingtonian Pearl Bailey— was
black-owned, black-run and black-
built. After the devastation o f the
1968 riots, the old U Street sank
into urban ruin. But the area is
reviving.
With Jessye Norman performing at
the Clinton inaugural, Kathleen
Battle appearing as the Vatican’s
Easter Mass soloist and Simon Estes
singing W otan at New Y o rk ’s
Metropolitan Opera, contemporary
audiences may take for granted the
prominence o f African Americans
in opera. Yet it was just 50 years
ago that Marian Anderson was
b a rre d from
W a sh in g to n ’s
C onstitution H all. Fram ed by
archival clips and new' musical
sequences, this program tells the
story o f African Americans in opera
from the time o f Paul Robeson.
Featured in interviews are Robert
McFerrin, the first black baritone to
perform at the Met, and his son
Bobby McFerrin, Grace Bumbry,
Leontyne Price and others, as well
opera com pany d ire c to rs and
orchestra conductors.
Photograph er Flip Schulke
Wed, February 9, 2000 10:30P-
1 l:00P (30 mins)
Ellis Marsalis: Jazz is Spoken Here
Sun, February 20, 2000 l:00P-
2:00P (60 mins)
This half-hour documentary is about
the amazing life and career o f the
acclaim ed photojournalist. Flip
Schulke. H osted by Langston
University historian Currie Ballard,
this program explores the freelance
photographer’s life and work for
publications such as Life magazine,
Sports Illustrated, and Ebony
m ag a z in e . It also c h ro n ic le s
Schulke’s 10-year friendship with
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His
efforts to convince King that the
civil rights movement should be
documented led to Schulke taking
approximately 11,000 photographs
during that time.
O dyssey o f Captain Healy
Mon, February 14, 2000 10:00P-
1 l:00P (60 mins)
This one-hour special profiles the
renow ned p ia n ist, in flu e n tia l
teacher, inspirational role model and
father o f distinguished musicians
Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and
Jason Marsalis. The program also
o ffe rs o u tsta n d in g m u sical
perform ances. Interview s w ith
Branford, Wynton and Delfeayo,
and with musicians and teachers
Danny Barker, Donald Harrison and
Kidd Jordan ofthe Jazz and Heritage
School o f Music reach across a
broad divide, appealing to young
A fric a n -A m e ric a n s w ho w ill
recognize an accessible role model,
and to parents and teachers who
look for inspirations to guide them
in their roles.
Local Color
As captain o f a U. S. Marine revenue Sun, February 27, 2000 l:00P-
cutter. Captain M ichael Healy 2:00P (60 mins)
looked and acted like a stereotypical Portland once had a reputation as
Irishman, with his bright blue eyes the most discriminatory city north
and hard-drinking lifestyle. But, in o f the Mason -Dixon line. This
fact, the man who skippered the docum entary tells the story o f
U.S. cutter Bear from 1886 to 1896 Portland’s black population — how
kept a closely guarded secret: he it endured and how blacks and
was the son o f an African-American whites together finally launched the
slave. Using 19th century footage state's first civil rights movement.
ofold San Francisco, and interviews Produced by OPB. (Copies o f this
with longshoremen and historians. program are not available)
The Odyssey O f Captain Healy
profiles the life o f one o f the most /B Performance at the H hite
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famous men on the Pacific Coast ( H
CeCe. Winans, Glorious Gospel
during the 19th century.
Sun, February 27, 2000 7:00P-
3:00P (60 mins)
The President and First Ladyjoin in
a hand-clapping salute to the rich
and vital traditions o f American
gospel music in ‘CeCe Winans,
G lo rio u s G o s p e l.’ F eatu rin g
Grammy Award-winning vocalist
CeCe Winans and other gospel
greats, this one-hour program also
features Michael Mangun with the
Messiah Singers, Phil Driscoll and
the Morgan State University Choir.
Ralph Ellison's “King ofthe Bingo
Game”
Sun, February 27, 2000 10:30P-
1 LOOP (30 mins)
This drama is the first-ever screen
adaptation o f the short story ‘King
o f the Bingo G am e’ by Ralph
Ellison, author o f the The Invisible
Man. The setting is 1943 Harlem;
Sonny (Colman Domingo) walks
the streets ofN ew York in search o f
work to support his ailing, pregnant
wife, Laura (June Lomena), but he’s
unable to land a job. Hungry and
desperate, he seeks refuge at the
neighborhood movie house.
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