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Petula

Movie"An infamous television special with Petula Clark which is remembered for what happened off screen"
Petula
G 1 hrMusic, TV Movie
In 1968 Harry Belafonte and Petula Clark sang together her song On the Path Of Glory for this special on NBC Not such a remarkable event in itself but Petula touched Harrys forearm during the duet and made TV history It was the first time a white woman had touched a black man on US television The sponsor insisted the touch be cut from the programme the programme makers refused In the decades year of revolt Clark found herself at the centre of a media controversy involving race censorship and endemic bigotry in a newly desegregated yet depressingly divided US
StarringPetula ClarkHarry Belafonte
DirectorSteve Binder
WritersSteven Hilliard SternAllan BlyeGordon Farr

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:NBC Productions Rodan Productions Steve Binder Productions