In the Life; Episode 207; March On Washington; Season 1

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Series
In the Life
Episode Number
Episode 207
Episode
March On Washington
Title
Season 1
Producing Organization
In The Life Media
Contributing Organization
UCLA Film & Television Archive (Los Angeles, California)
AAPB ID
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Description
Episode Description
The first season concludes with an entire episode devoted to the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. The march was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 1993. Organizers estimated one million attended the March. Highlights segment features marchers and a clip of Martin Luther King, Jr., followed by an introduction and overview segment with Karen Williams and Garrett Glaser, and clips of celebrities, dancing, marchers, politicians, and organization leaders. The Gay civil rights organizations segment features Ground Zero, the Colorado Legal Initiative Project, and Representative Pat Schroeder (D-Colorado), and the segment President Clinton's support includes an interview with Bob Hattoy (White House staff), and a speech given by Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California). Speech clips segment features Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota), David Mixner (senior advisor, Clinton campaign), Larry Kramer (GMHC and ACT-UP), Martina Navratilova, Tim McFeeley (Human Rights Campaign), Urvashi Vaid (formerly of NGLTF), and Jesse Jackson (from 1987 March on Washington), followed by a segment of more highlights, including marchers, dancers, athletes, photos, poetry, parties, and tributes, as well as a One in ten art exhibit about AIDS, the unveiling of the design of the Harvey Milk memorial, a vigil at the Holocaust Museum, a choir singing Together proud and strong, a mass wedding, and a same-sex parents meeting. The Entertainment segment features musical performances from Doug Stevens and the Outband, Holly Near, Betty, and stand-up comedy performances from Lea DeLaria, Kate Clinton, Suzanne Westenhoefer, and Karen Williams, with a comedy musical number by Romanovsky & Phillips. The Surprise performances segment includes Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, Patti Austin, and RuPaul. The History of activism segment includes a 1969 picket of White House by civil servants, video of Harvey Milk, and the 1987 March on Washington. The Celebrity supporters segment features appearances by Judith Light, Martina Navratilova, Melissa Etheridge, Sir Ian McKellen, interviews with Kathy Najimy and Cybill Sherpherd, and a performance by Lorna Luft, and the show closes with clips of military personnel, fun stuff, speakers, dancing, and crowds. A musical performance by RuPaul is featured over the credits.
Series Description
In the Life began in 1992 as a variety show and later evolved into a news magazine program in 1993.
Created Date
1993-05
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Magazine
Topics
LGBTQ
Subjects
Gay rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.); Gay liberation movement -- Washington (D.C.); March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation; Milk, Harvey; Gay activists -- United States; Homosexuality -- United States -- History
Media type
Moving Image
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Credits
Host: Williams, Karen
Host: Glaser, Garrett
Interviewee: Shepherd, Cybill, 1950-
Interviewee: McKellen, Ian
Interviewee: Najimy, Kathy
Interviewee: Luft, Lorna
Interviewee: Light, Judith, 1949-
Interviewee: Schroeder, Pat
Interviewee: Hattoy, Bob
Performer: Indigo Girls (Musical group)
Performer: Doug Stevens & the Outband
Performer: Betty (Musical group)
Performer: Romanovsky & Phillips
Performer: Etheridge, Melissa
Performer: Austin, Patti
Performer: RuPaul, 1960-
Performer: Westenhoefer, Suzanne
Performer: Clinton, Kate
Performer: DeLaria, Lea
Performer: Near, Holly
Producing Organization: In The Life Media
Speaker: Wellstone, Paul David
Speaker: Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-
Speaker: Mixner, David B.
Speaker: Kramer, Larry
Speaker: Navratilova, Martina, 1956-
Speaker: Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Speaker: McFeeley, Tim, 1946-
Speaker: Vaid, Urvashi
AAPB Contributor Holdings
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Identifier: cpb-aacip-378a6f290f8 (Filename)
Format: Zip drive
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Citations
Chicago: “In the Life; Episode 207; March On Washington; Season 1,” 1993-05, UCLA Film & Television Archive, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 29, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-6b4aa5cc7ae.
MLA: “In the Life; Episode 207; March On Washington; Season 1.” 1993-05. UCLA Film & Television Archive, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 29, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-6b4aa5cc7ae>.
APA: In the Life; Episode 207; March On Washington; Season 1. Boston, MA: UCLA Film & Television Archive, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-6b4aa5cc7ae