Program Sheet

POST-SCRIPTUM
Program Sheet

Opening of Post-scriptum
The host presents the show with an overview of the features and the guests.
Speaker: Host (Marianne Dunberry)
2 minutes

Feature 1: Ajax Là-bas
The host presents the guests and what they are going to talk about. Mrs Yeshim Ternar and M. Russel Banks have a discussion about immigration
Speakers: Host (Marianne Dunberry), Mrs Ternar (Juliette Côté) and Mr. Banks (Florence Charest)
4 minutes 25 seconds

Ad break- Salon du Livre
Information about the Salon du Livre. Dates and activities.
Speaker : Ad presenter (Marianne Dunberry)
22 seconds

Feature 2: The Moose and the Sparrow
The host presents the guests and what they are going to talk about. Mr. Corbett and Mr. Jim are discussing about the murder of Moose Madon
Speaker: Host (Marianne Dunberry), Mr. Corbett (Florence Charest) and Mr. Jim (Juliette Côté)
4 minutes 13 seconds

Ad break- Post-scriptum
Information about a contest in which people could win a day in the studios and can record a segment of Post-scriptum
Speakers: Ad presenter (Marianne Dunberry)
26 seconds

Feature 3: Theme for English B
The host presents the guests and what they are going to talk about. Mr. Langston and Mr. Smith be interviewed on the poem Theme for English B
Speakers: Host (Marianne Dunberry), Mr. Langston (Florence Charest) and Mr. Smith (Juliette Côté)
4 minutes 24 seconds

Closing of Post-scriptum
The host thanks all the guests, present the shoe that will follow Post-scriptum and tells the auditors not to miss their next show
Speaker: Host (Marianne Dunberry)
1 minute

Total: 16 minutes 30 seconds

Theme for English B

Analysis of literary passage and description of the video

The poem Theme for English B is written by a black student who talks about the differences and resemblances between races, between his white teacher and him. Taking into account the fact that in 1951 racism was a major issue, this student could have written this poem in a very aggressive and denunciative way. However, here, the mood is quite calm. We don’t feel any anger or agressivity. Hughes looks like he is trying to understand what creates the differences and finaly makes us realise that we are all the same. This video represents the acceptance of differences in our society. As he says, we all eat, sleep and drink, no matter the color or ethnicity we are. Since it is a poem, the words are chosen to create a rhythm. It is almost like Langston Hughes is singing. The words like white, colored, color refer to races differences. He also uses words like part of me, part of you so peolple can understand that we complete each other. Langston Hughes is rising above the discrimination to a more comprehensive state of mind.

This video represents the acceptance of black people in the American society. The song used in this creation is a segment of African music. It is a powerful but somewhat relaxing and this is exactly how we wanted people to feel like. Langston wants to get his acceptance message trough but he wants to do it in a smooth way. As the message still is strong, we thought this kind of music was perfect. We can hear an adult and children voices. The two types of voices catch the attention of older and younger generations. As north-americans, we do not hear these musics very often and that leads us to hear someting new. Most of the images we used show black and white people together. But these are not violent or "hard to look at" pictures. They are all images that show us love and acceptance. In every photographs, we can see that people are linked by holding hands, holding the Earth, handcuffs... This complicity showa that colored people are not different from anyone else; we are, all together, representing humanity. A lot of these images were taken from Oliviero Toscani's United Colors of Bentton campaing because they really show the mood in which we wanted our video to be. We have to be open-minded and trun our back to racism.

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