Charting the Long March to Equality, Justice, and Joy

Our Body Politic

Diaspora Farms, LLC

News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on Our Body Politic, creator and host Farai Chideya interviews Bryan Greene, consulting producer on the Oscar-winning documentary, “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” and Vice President of Public Advocacy at the National Association of REALTORS. Farai and Greene discuss how events like the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival serve as opportunities for Black Americans to thrive in the face of social and housing discrimination. Then in our series, “Our Body Politics Presents…” we feature the podcast Truth Be Told with host Tonya Mosley who interviews author and scholar Dr. Marcia Chatelain and founder of Feed Our Soul Adrienne Wilson about how Black Americans are seeking and achieving equity by decolonizing their relationship to food.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politic. If you have time,
0:20.0	please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcast.
0:23.2	It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback. We're here for you,
0:28.3	with you and because of you. Thank you.
0:33.4	This is Our Body Politics. I'm Farai Chidea. This week we get the origin story behind an Oscar-winning documentary about the power of music and community.
0:44.0	Now, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to bring up some folks.
0:50.0	Glad it's night.
0:52.4	Now, when I stepped on stage, I was totally, totally taken aback because I didn't expect a crowd like that.
0:59.9	And the Pips!
1:04.0	I bet you wondering how I knew.
1:07.4	That sound from this year's winner for Best documentary Summer of Soul, or when the revolution could not be televised, directed by Amir Kwestlove Thompson.
1:16.7	The film spotlight's unused footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a massive event that drew thousands to Harlem between the years 1967 and 1969.
1:27.5	The film zeroes in on that final year, which drew performers like Nina Simone,
1:32.4	Mahalia Jackson, and a young Stevie Wonder along with the massive crowds that attended six
1:37.3	consecutive weekends.
1:39.1	Despite being filmed professionally from start to finish, the footage was barely aired and
1:43.7	nearly forgotten
1:44.5	until Brian Greene wrote an article in 2017 and hinted that someone should make a documentary
1:49.9	of this. I wanted to ask Brian about his role in this incredible doc, Summer of Soul.
1:56.2	Hey, Brian, welcome to Our Body Politics.
1:58.6	Hi, Fri, thanks for having me.
2:00.4	Yes, I am so excited about this conversation.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Diaspora Farms, LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Diaspora Farms, LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.