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00:00:51 2.6
LENWAY PETERS, BLACK AFRICAN SURGEON AND POET
WALKS AROUND VILLAGE IN HIS COUNTRY OF GAMBIA. HE
IS GREETED BY GROUP OF BLACK TEENS AS HE PASSES
WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH.
00:01:12 23.6
TALKING HEAD: PETERS SITS IN OFFICE WITH CIGAR IN
HAND AND SPEAKS. HE RECITES A POEM
00:01:39 50.6
AFRICAN WOMAN, IN NATIVE WEAR, SIT ALONG WATER'S
EDGE & RELAX BEFORE THEY START WASHING THEIR
CLOTHING IN RIVER, AS PETERS RECITES HIS POEM,
"CATCHACALLI", ABOUT A GIRL, THE FEELING OF
PEOPLE AND THEIR BELIEFS.
00:02:11 82.6
PAN OF THICK BRUSH AND SMALL VILLAGE ALONG A RIVER
00:02:59 130.6
NATIVE WOMEN AND MEN BALANCE BASKETS AND ALL SORTS
OF ITEMS ON THEIR HEADS AT A VILLAGE MARKET
00:03:09 140.6
NATIVE SITS ON GROUND AND PLAYS ODD-LOOKING STRING
INSTRUMENT WITH HIS FINGERS.
00:03:19 150.6
CIGAR WIELDING PETERS SITS IN EASY CHAIR WITH BOOK
IN LAP AND CONTINUES HIS NARRATION.
00:03:28 159.6
PETERS PUTS ON HIS SURGICAL GLOVES, MASK & GOWN
& PREPARES FOR SURGERY ON NATIVE WOMAN IN HIS
POORLY EQUIPPED OPERATING ROOM. CU PAN CONTAINING
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
00:04:19 210.6
WOMAN SITTING IN OPERATING TABLE BENDS OVER TO LET
PETERS GIVES HER A SPINAL. HE THEN PERFORMS THE
MAJOR SURGERY WITH AN ASSISTANT.
00:04:38 229.6
CU DOCTOR PETERS, WITH HIS FACE COVERED WITH
SURGICAL MASK, EXPLAINS THE PROCEDURE AND HORRID
DETAILS THAT BROUGHT THE PATIENT TO HIM.
00:06:50 361.6
POET PETERS READS ANOTHER POEM WITH SCENE OF
NATIVES WORKING ALONG RIVER'S EDGE. CAMERA ZOOMS
DOWN A VILLAGE DIRT STREET WITH CRUDE HOMES
WHICH PETERS CALLS, "PYRAMIDS OF SQUALOR".
00:07:38 409.6
NATIVE WOMEN POUND GRAIN, IN A CLAY BASKET, WITH
POLES. MEN AND WOMEN IN NATIVE COSTUME GO ABOUT
THEIR VILLAGE CHORES.
00:08:20 451.6
DOCTOR PETERS STROLLS ALONG THE VILLAGE HOMES
PAUSING TO CHAT WITH VILLAGERS IN THEIR COLORFUL
ROBES, AS HE WALKS BY WITH CIGAR IN HAND.
00:09:50 541.6
PETERS CHATS WITH COLORFULLY DRESSED NATIVES WITH
BIKES.
00:10:14 565.6
DOCTOR PETERS HOLDS UP X-RAY & EXPLAINS IT TO
ANOTHER DOCTOR TREATING A BED RIDDEN BOY.
00:10:42 593.6
GROUP OF BLACK NURSES LISTEN INTENTIVELY AS DR
PETERS TELLS THEM HOW TO TREAT A CHILD PATIENT,
AND HOW TO GO INTO COMMUNITY TO HELP.
00:11:13 624.6
AS WOMAN WRAPS HER BABY SECURELY TO HER BACK
PAPOOSE-STYLE, NURSE EXPLAINS WHY THE SAME WOMAN
LOST 7 OF HER 9 CHILDREN THROUGH MEDICAL IGNORANCE
00:11:50 661.6
CU BOTTLE CAPS ARE ATTACHED TO BABY'S BLANKET TO
WARD OFF BAD CURSES.
00:12:00 671.6
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL NEAR GAMBIA RIVER IS ONLY
HOSPITAL BETWEEN THE COASTAL CAPITAL AND WHERE
GAMBIA RIVER MEETS SENEGALESE BORDER, IT HAS ONLY
2 DOCTORS, 3 NURSES AND 4 STUDENTS
00:12:22 693.6
CU NATIVE MAN WITH PIERCED NOSE CONTAINING MANY
ORNAMENTS. DOCTOR PETERS INTERVIEWS A NATIVE AT
THE HOSPITAL.
00:13:57 788.6
TALKING HEAD: I. M. GARBA-JAHUMPA, MINISTER OF
HEALTH, THE GAMBIA SITS IN HIS COLORFUL ROBES
AND SPEAKS OF THE NEED FOR AID AND PROMISE OF AID
00:14:35 826.6
DOCTOR TREATS FEET OF A NATIVE WOMAN WHOSE PROBLEM
COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN PREVENTED BY MEDICATION NOT
AVAILABLE TO HER. NURSE TRAINEES WATCH. CU DOCTOR
MOVES STIFF FOOT OF PATIENT
00:15:36 887.6
CU MOTHER, WHO IS SUFFERING FROM MAL-NUTRITION
BREAST FEEDS HER BABY
00:15:44 895.6
CU DOCTOR IAN MCGREGOR, MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL,
SHOWS CHARTS INDICATING CHILD GROWTH IN WET
SEASON IS BETTER THAN DRY SEASON.
00:16:22 933.6
NURSE PLACES BLACK BABY ON SCALE AS MCGREGOR
SPEAKS. LARGE GROUP OF NATIVE WOMEN WITH BABIES IN
THEIR LAPS WAIT TO BE SEEN BY DOCTOR. PAN
00:17:20 991.6
NATIVE WOMAN WALKS ALONG CARRYING HUGE BUNDLE OF
FIRE WOOD ON HER HEAD.
00:17:58 1029.6
MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DRIVE ONTO LARGE
HAND-DRIVEN "FERRY" WITH THEIR 2 PICK-UP TRUCKS.
ALL PEOPLE RIDING THE "FERRY" TAKE A HAND IN
PULLING IT ACROSS RIVER WITH ROPE ON PULLEYS.
00:18:04 1035.6
NATIVE MAN HELPS WOMAN PLACE A LARGE TUB OF WATER,
SHE FILLED IN THE RIVER, ON HER HEAD FOR CARRYING.
00:18:42 1073.6
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRUCKS RIDES INTO THE BUSH TO
SERVICE SMALL VILLAGE TRIBES. HEALTH WORKER
ANNOUNCES HIS PRESENCE OVER HAND-HELD P.A. SYSTEM
00:19:12 1103.6
WOMAN CARRYING THEIR BABIES IN PAPOOSES GATHER FOR
VACCINATIONS. HEALTH WORKER HOLDS UP PHOTOS OF
CHILDREN BEARING AFFECTS OF DISEASE SO THE PEOPLE
CAN RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS
00:19:35 1126.6
WOMEN WITH THEIR BABIES STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS
LINE UP FOR VACCINATION DONE WITH MODERN
VACCINATION GAUN.
00:19:56 1147.6
LITTLE GIRL SCREAMS LOUDLY TRYING TO RESIST THE
INJECTION.
00:20:28 1179.6
CLASS FULL OF MEN AND WOMEN TRAINEES LISTEN
ATTENTIVELY TO DOCTOR PETERS GIVE A FIRST AID
LECTURE.
00:22:24 1295.6
VILLAGE "HEALER" IS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS ROUNDS BY
DOCTOR PETERS WHO CRITICIZES HOW THE HEALER
TREATED A YOUNG NATIVE'S BROKEN ARM. CU CRUDE
SPLINT APPLIED TO BROKEN ARM IS SHOWN.
00:26:22 1533.93
PAN OF THICK JUNGLE ALONG A RIVER AS POET PETERS
RECITES HIS POEM.
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Year: 1970-1979  Color: Color
Genre: SOCIAL ISSUES

Description: BLACK AFRICAN SURGEON & POET LENWAY PETERS NARRATES AND IS FOLLOWED BY CAMERA AS HE OPERATES, TREATS & TRAINS GAMBIAN NATIVES UNDER PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS. SQUALOR AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS PREVAIL. (THE GAMBIA)

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