Harambee!

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Program
Harambee!
Producing Organization
WJCT (Television station : Jacksonville, Fla.)
Independent Television Service
JP Kids, Inc.
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f62q
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Description
Program Description
"Swahili for 'unity,? Harambee! is a moving original family drama about the seven-day commemorative observance of faith and self-determination celebrated by African Americans from December 26-January 1. The realities of random violence confront the Barnes family when a stray bullet enters their apartment on Christmas night. Eleven-year-old Jojo Barnes, his sister, and cousin are then forced to stay inside because of their mother's real concerns for her family's safety. In frustration, Jojo writes a school composition on the injustice of violence, and how it has made him a prisoner in his own home. That evening Jojo's family attends their first Kwanzaa celebration and they see as way to help the community come together to meet the changes in their neighborhood. But change is never easy or without risks, and HARAMBEE! effectively dramatizes the vulnerability we all share in a world where the fragile veneer separating us from violence can be shattered without warning."--1996 Peabody Digest. Set in Brooklyn.
Broadcast Date
1996-12-22
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:58:24.768
Credits
Actor: Shavers, China Jesusita
Actor: Pressley, Brenda
Actor: Nelson, Novella
Actor: Rollins, Howard
Actor: Beener, Aaron
Actor: Washington, Tsemach
Actor: Santiago, Socorro
Actor: Santana, Merlin
Actor: Newsome, Paula
Actor: Nix, Brittney
Actor: Mays, Tristin
Actor: Ryan, Steve
Actor: Monson, Lex
Actor: Adams, Ross
Actor: Benford, Starla
Actor: Pugh, Sharrieff
Actor: Bromka, Elaine
Actor: Cohen, Gregory
Actor: Owens, Rodney
Actor: Sotto, Jose
Director: Hyman, Fracaswell
Executive Producer: Nealon, Liz
Producer: Bedolis, John
Producing Organization: WJCT (Television station : Jacksonville, Fla.)
Producing Organization: Independent Television Service
Producing Organization: JP Kids, Inc.
Writer: Hyman, Fracaswell
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-b53ac6b5dc4 (Filename)
Format: VHS
Duration: 0:56:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Harambee!,” 1996-12-22, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 19, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f62q.
MLA: “Harambee!.” 1996-12-22. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 19, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f62q>.
APA: Harambee!. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-h41jh3f62q