{"value"=>"<p>Thirty recordings of television programs produced, hosted, written, and/or directed by Tony Batten. This series is organized alphabetically by program title, then chronologically.</p> <p>The series includes several television programs, as well as outtakes and promos. Among the programs are <span class=\"title\">ABC News Closeup</span>, <span class=\"title\">F.Y.I.: For Your Information</span>, <span class=\"title\">Interface</span>, <span class=\"title\">The State of Black America 1984</span>, and <span class=\"title\">51st State</span>.</p> <p><span class=\"title\">F.Y.I.: For Your Information</span> was a public affairs program broadcast on Washington, DC's WETA, largely focusing on stories about or related to people of color across the US. Four episodes, one episode's outtakes, and a recording of promos for the program, all created from 1978 to circa 1982, are included in this series. Throughout these recordings, the program is variously referred to as <span class=\"title\">F.Y.I.: For Your Information</span>, <span class=\"title\">F.Y.I.</span>, and <span class=\"title\">For Your Information</span>. Unless otherwise noted, each episode is approximately one hour.</p> <p><span class=\"title\">Interface</span> was a public affairs program also broadcast on Washington, DC's WETA. This series has seventeen episodes and one episode's outtakes, created from 1973 to 1975. In addition to public affairs, <span class=\"title\">Interface</span> focused on arts and culture, with an emphasis on Black people and other people of color. The episodes in this series cover housing, labor, struggles around desegregation and immigration, aspects of policing and criminal justice, and musicians including Betty Carter, Max Roach, and Gil Scott-Heron. Also included is \"A Profile of Paul Robeson,\" the 1975 special that won the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Film of Distinction in 1976. Unless otherwise noted, episodes of this program are thirty minutes.</p> <p>Also included in this series are Tony Batten's Emmy Award-winning documentary <span class=\"title\">Ain't Gonna Eat My Mind!</span>, as well as the episode of <span class=\"title\">51st State</span>, broadcast on WNET, in which it aired. Two episodes of <span class=\"title\">ABC News Closeup</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The State of Black America 1984</span> television special are in this series as well.</p> <p>Lastly, the series provides some insight into Batten's efforts to continue and expand his work with music programming, with promos for a proposed <span class=\"title\">Birdland Jam Sessions</span> series, and proposed televised performances from the Detroit International Music Festival.</p>"}