Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the televised broadcast of the music documentary program "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's 25th year. The 1983 program was taped before a live audience in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983 and broadcast on NBC May 16th. The tape shows the performance of black celebrity musicians.