00:00:30 0 |
VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF TRAIN.
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00:00:33 3.77 |
EXTERIOR OLD SHACK, HOUSE. RUN DOWN. POVERTY.
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00:00:42 12.77 |
BLACK GIRL, TEENAGER WASHING HER FACE. LOOKS IN
MIRROR. TURNS ON BARE LIGHT BULB HANGING FROM CEILING FIXTURE. SITS ON EDGE OF BED & BRUSHED HER HAIR GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL |
00:01:08 38.77 |
BLACK KIDS EATING BREAKFAST AT KITCHEN TABLE.
POURS MILK INTO CEREAL. MOTHER AT KITCHEN COUNTER. LITTLE GIRL EATS CEREAL. |
00:02:30 120.77 |
MOTHER WASHES DISHES. TUPPERWARE. PUTS DISHES
AWAY. HOUSEHOLD CHORES. |
00:03:02 152.77 |
MOTHER AT SINGER SEWING MACHINE SEWING. MENDING
CLOTHES. |
00:04:02 212.77 |
GIRL PICKS UP SCHOOL BOOKS. GOES OUTSIDE. LITTLE
SISTER BRINGS HER COAT, TEENAGER PUTS ON COAT. WALKS DOWN SIDEWALK. GOING TO SCHOOL. |
00:04:35 245.77 |
EMPTY HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY.
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00:04:40 250.77 |
AMERICAN FLAG & CLOCK. BLACK STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM
RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. HANDS OVER HEARTS. OATH OF LOYALTY. |
00:04:55 265.77 |
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS LOOKING AT THEIR BOOKS. IN
CLASSROOM. WHITE TEACHER. |
00:06:04 334.77 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HALLWAY.
|
00:06:14 344.77 |
CROWD OF STUDENTS OUTSIDE SCHOOL. SITTING ON
BENCHES OUTSIDE EATING LUNCH. STUDENT LIFESTYLE, 1971 |
00:06:41 371.77 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, FEMALE BLACK TEEN TALKS
ABOUT RACE RELATIONS. |
00:07:24 414.77 |
OUTSIDE A WHITE HIGH SCHOOL. WHITE STUDENTS
HANGING OUTSIDE SCHOOL. 1971. CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL. PLAYING BASKETBALL & TENNIS AT RECESS. |
00:08:01 451.77 |
BLACK STUDENTS LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
|
00:08:16 466.77 |
TEENAGER, GIRL WALKING HOME. FUNKY GLASSES.
1960s CATS EYE GLASSES. |
00:08:43 493.77 |
GIRL WALKS DOWN STREET, RUNDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
POOL HALL. CLOSED DOWN SHOPS. |
00:09:01 511.77 |
OLD TIRES LYING IN A HEAP. JUNKYARD. CAR PARTS
PILED UP. LITTLE BLACK BOY ON TRICYCLE. CRANE CARRIES & DUMPS OLD CARS. |
00:09:58 568.77 |
FAMILY HANGS OUT ON FRONT PORCH. BAREFOOT BOY
PLAYS WITH YO-YO. JUNKYARD BEHIND HOUSES. BOY PULLS TWO KIDS ON WAGON. WOMAN SWEEPS THE STREET. |
00:10:16 586.77 |
EXTERIOR DILAPIDATED SHACK POVERTY. RIPPED, TORN
SCREEN FLAPS IN THE BREEZE. |
00:10:27 597.77 |
OLD BLACK MEN HANGING OUT. PLAYING CHECKERS.
LITTER STREWN STREET. |
00:10:53 623.77 |
GIRL WALKING ON TRAIN TRACKS, WALKING HOME FROM
SCHOOL. HEAD DOWN IN THOUGHT. SHORT CUT HOME. |
Description: A 15 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRL'S QUIET INQUIRY INTO HER LIFE IN A SEGREGATED COMMUNITY. FILMED IN HER HOME, SCHOOL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IN WATTS, CALIFORNIA, IN THE SPRING OF 1965, SHORTLY BEFORE THE AREA WAS DEVASTATED BY RIOTING. NOT A "PROTEST FILM", BUT ONE PERCEPTIVE AND ARTICULATE GIRL'S ASSESSMENT OF HER SITUATION AS A PART OF A MINORITY GROUP AND THE GENERAL FRUSTRATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION AS A WHOLE. EXPRESSES HER OWN OBSERVATIONS AND FEELINGS ABOUT ELEMENTS OF HER DAILY LIFE, INCLUDING OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, COLLEGE, WHITES, WATTS, AND THE FUTURE. ADOLESCENCE. MINORITIES. BLACKS.
Keywords: negro
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