We Sing the Dream: A Gospel Tribute to MLK Jr.

DateDecember 27 1988

Can DescriptionsMaster MLK Special X5134 We Sing the Dream Rec. 12/27/88 Air. 1/16/89 stereo

AbstractTitle: “We Sing the Dream: A Gospel Tribute to MLK Jr.”; Gospel performance of “To My Father’s House” by the New Temple Singers of St. Paul’s Ame Church in Cambridge (The Columbus Avenue Ame Zion Church); Elliott Francis introduces tribute special and short history of Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968); stock footage of police brutality, riots, poverty, marches and MLK speeches during the Civil Rights Movement overlaid with MLK talking intermittently; cut to black; stock images of the Civil Rights Movement; short interview with singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018); Francis talks about MLK and social justice, introduces singer Kristine Key performing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"; Francis introduces singer Wintley Phipps performing “If I Can Help Somebody”, overlaid with stock footage of MLK; Phipps speaks on MLK’s influences on his ministry, after watching “King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis” (1970); Phipps and the New Temple Singers and Phipps perform “How I Got Over”; cut to black; short interview with singer Joan Baez; Francis closing remarks; Phipps, Key and the New Temple Singers perform “”; credits;

OtherCredits; Producer: Debra Farrar-Parkman; Director: Bob Comiskey; Host: Elliott Francis; Performers: Wintley Phipps, Kristine Key and the New Temple Singers; Music Director: Jerryl Payne; Choir Directors: Melanie White and Thann Young; Soloist: Hilton McDaniel; Musicians: Steve Harris, Bubba Pearson and Lenny Maxwell; Associate Producer: Vella Akyolcu; Assistant Director: Brain Pellicano; Technical Director: Bayard W. Peabody Jr.; Audio: David Gardiner; Audio Assistant: Ron Richards; Cameras: Dick Erickson, Roger Rice, Leroy McLaurin and Zip Bradwell; Camera Assistants: Jim Hughes and Margaret Smith; Floor Directors: B. Geoffrey Lans, John Breen and Kif Williams; Video: Jim McCann; Videotape Editor: Ray Smith; CMX Editors: Doug DeVitt and George Ellard; Lighting Director: Herry Milot; Lighting Assistant: Jim Watson; Engineering Manager: Jack Barry; Production Manager: Ed Andre; Electronic Graphics: John F. Boyle; Production Assistant: Kurt Mack; Production Intern: Opal Hines-Fisher; Set Design: Ted Talanian; Graphics: Susan Muldoon, Kamil Yunus and Chris Finn; Program Administrator: Leona McCarthy; Executive Producer Community Programming: Karl Nurse; Vice President Community Programming: Donna Latson Gittens;