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Main Title - Go tell it - Ben Hooks reports - 1980-04-23 - Marsha, i.e. Marcia, Audrey and Adrienne
Alternative Title - Marsha, Audrey and Adrienne
- Marcia, Audrey and Adrienne
Subject - Gillespie, Marcia A
- Women periodical editors - United States
- Essence (New York, N.Y.)
- Smaltz, Audrey
- African American fashion designers
- African Americans - Clothing
- America, Andrienne
- Deaf athletes - United States
- Women skaters - United States
Genre - Black films and programs
- Educational/cultural works
- Television
Language - English
Origin Location - U.S
Date - c1980
Holding Organization Abstract - "... is a six part series of programs highlighting the positive contributions of Black Americans. ... This particular episode deals with three women all striving to succeed despite any racial or economic barriers. It is the story of how Marcia Gillespie who at the age of 24 became editor of a new women's magazine Essence and how she developed that magazine during her ten years as editor. The program also features fashion expert Audrey Smaltz who started her own company with little funds and how she became a specialist in the area of fashion, health and beauty for Black women. The last segment is the ... story of a young, deaf ice skater Adrienne America and how her parents dealt with the discovery of her deafness. Because of her deafness, young Adrienne became involved in ice skating and is now preparing for the U.S. Olympics for the deaf."--1980 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. Includes footage of: a speech by Marcia Gillespie at the Hampton Institute in which she discusses her job and the need for blacks to continue the fight for equality; a fashion show produced by Audrey Smaltz for the Congressional Black Caucus Fashion Review; and of Adrienne America skating
Media Profile - CarrierType: 3/4 in
- CarrierType: arch master
- CarrierExtent: 1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (24 min.)
- PhysicalChar: sd., col
- CarrierNote: Related paper materials in the Media Department and the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia Libraries. The Archives also has VHS user copy
Access Rights - Restricted use: University of Georgia Libraries Media Department use of videocassettes only; no circulation
Note - Broadcast date supplied from 1980 Peabody Awards entry form
- Entry to the 1980 Peabody Awards, Public Service category
- Running time: 23:28
- "Show #4 of series"--1980 Peabody Awards entry form
- Sponsored by Pepsi, with a commercial at the beginning of the program
- Copyright: "c Post-Newsweek, Michigan Inc. 1980"--end credits
Credit Note - produced by WDIV ... in cooperation with the N.A.A.C.P. ; PNS, Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. ; executive producer, Ed Dorsey ; produced by Ronald E. Johnson ; directed by Michael Strong
- Camera, Bill Solymosi; sound, Jim Howard; audio, Jerry Burke; editors, Bill Solymosi, Greg Russell
Participant Note - Interviews with:] Marcia A. Gillespie, Dr. William R. Harvey, Audrey Smaltz, Andrienne America, Mr. and Mrs. America
Personal - production: Dorsey, Ed
- production: Johnson, Ronald E
- direction: Strong, Douglas M
- host: Hooks, Benjamin L
- guest: Gillespie, Marcia A
- guest: Smaltz, Audrey
- guest: America, Andrienne
Corporate - production: WDIV-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.)
- production: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Contributor: Post-Newsweek Stations
- Contributor: Peabody Collection
- Contributor: Peabody Collection
Copy Locator - 80043 PST
LocalBibID - 2550493
