00:00:03 0.43 |
MS DOG EATING GARBAGE FROM CITY SIDEWALK
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00:00:05 2.43 |
HOMELESS PERSON CARRYING CARDBOARD BOX
OVER HEAD COVERING IDENTITY |
00:00:09 6.43 |
MS CATS WALK ON BUILDING LEDGES.
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00:00:12 9.43 |
MONTAGE BLACK RESIDENTS OF HARLEM, WOMAN WITH
SAD LOOK, YOUNG BOY, MEN WALKING IN ON SIDEWALKS |
00:00:24 21.43 |
BROKEN GLASS WINDOWS.
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00:00:35 32.43 |
MS OLD TOY, TEDDY BEAR ON CHAIR IN ALLEY
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00:00:38 35.43 |
MS GRAFFITI PAINTED ON BRICK WALL
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00:00:39 36.43 |
MS SIGN POSTED: PLEASE KEEP OFF THE STOOP"
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00:00:45 42.43 |
PEOPLE WALKING BY HOMELESS MAN SLEEPING ON
SIDEWALK. IGNORING, NOT NOTICING HOMELESS MAN |
00:00:50 47.43 |
CU YOUNG BOY LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW, NO GLASS,
GLASS BROKEN OUT OF WINDOWS. POVERTY. |
00:00:54 51.43 |
MONTAGE HARLEM RESIDENTS, BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
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00:01:11 68.43 |
MS HOMELESS MAN WITH BELONGINGS ON PUSHCART
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00:01:15 72.43 |
MS MAN DRINKS LIQUOR FROM PAPER BAG.
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00:01:19 76.43 |
BLACK URBAN LIFESTYLE
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00:02:00 117.43 |
ECU AFRICAN TRIBAL MASK
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00:02:06 123.43 |
MONTAGE AFRICAN STATUES
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00:02:26 143.43 |
GOSPEL CHURCH. MAN WITH TAMBOURINE CLAPPING TO
HYMN. GOSPEL CHOIR SINGING AND DANCING |
00:04:02 239.43 |
COP CAR AT NIGHT. FLASHING LIGHTS. HEAD LIGHT
PULLS UP TO CAMERA |
00:04:07 244.43 |
CU FLASHLIGHT BEING SHOWN IN PRETEEN BOY'S FACE
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00:04:10 247.43 |
CU POLICE OFFICER'S BADGE
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00:04:12 249.43 |
CU POLICE LIGHTS. WHITE COPS BEAT UP BLACK BOY.
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00:04:34 271.43 |
URBAN ALLEY. GHETTO. FIRE ESCAPES. FENCE.
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00:05:10 307.43 |
POV DRIVING PAST FREDERICK DOUGLASS JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL. LOCK ON FENCE. CAGE-LIKE. |
00:05:40 337.43 |
CU FEET WALK BY.
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00:05:45 342.43 |
URBAN BLACK CHILDREN GOING INTO SCHOOL,
SECOND-RATE SCHOOL. |
00:05:50 347.43 |
BLACK BOYS IN CLASSROOM RAISE THEIR HANDS.
WEARING WHITE SHIRTS AND TIES. |
00:06:15 372.43 |
CU BOOK SHELF IN LIBRARY.
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00:06:29 386.43 |
CU BOY READS BOOK
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00:07:25 442.43 |
SCHOOL BOY WRITES AT DESK.
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00:08:46 523.43 |
FANTASY SCENE. PRINCE AND PRINCESS. STAGE PLAY.
ROMANTIC. PRINCE WALKS AWAY. GIRL SAD. ACTORS BOW. |
00:10:19 616.43 |
DREAMY BLUR SEQUENCE: BOY IN COIN-OPERATED
CAR RIDE, MOTHER & CHILD LOOK SADLY OUT THEIR WINDOW. |
00:11:06 663.43 |
ROLLS ROYCE PULLS UP TO CAMERA.
|
00:11:11 668.43 |
CU MERRY-GO-ROUND IN STOREFRONT WINDOW.
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00:11:21 678.43 |
MONTAGE FANCY STORE WINDOWS. MANNEQUINS. WHITE
PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK OF NEW YORK CITY. THE WHITE WORLD. DOWNTOWN. NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENES |
00:12:13 730.43 |
MONTAGE SIDEWALKS OF HARLEM PACKED WITH PEOPLE
UPTOWN. URBAN BLACK LIFESTYLE. BARBER SHOP POLE. BLACK BEAUTY SHOP. |
00:12:53 770.43 |
CU BEAT-UP SHOES. BOY IN BARBER'S CHAIR. GETTING
HIS HEAD RUBBED. |
00:14:01 838.43 |
JUNK YARD. OLD WRECKED CARS. PILE OF TWISTED
METAL. CRANE LIFTS OLD CARS. PILE OF TIRES. BROKEN WINDSHIELD. |
00:15:50 947.43 |
SUBWAY STATION. 136TH STREET. STAIRS GO DOWN.
TRAIN GOES BY. BOY WALKS UP TO FATHER SITTING ON BENCH. BOY HELPS FATHER STAND UP AND WALK. |
00:16:55 1012.43 |
STANDING BY COFFIN IN GRAVEYARD. COFFIN IS
LOWERED INTO GRAVE. |
00:19:34 1171.43 |
LS BOY SITTING IN TREE RURAL HOUSE WITH NO TREES
AROUND IT. |
00:19:36 1173.43 |
WHITE BOY WALKS ON WHITE PICKET FENCE ON PORCH
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00:19:42 1179.43 |
TIRES SWINGING FROM TREES, SWINGS
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00:20:24 1221.43 |
CU METAL MAILBOX
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00:20:25 1222.43 |
BOY WATCHES WESTERN MOVIE. POV FROM BEHIND BOY.
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Description: USES NARRATION BY JAMES BALDWIN TO PRESENT THE POVERTY & DESPAIR OF HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS IN HARLEM WHICH LED HIM TO DESPISE BOTH BLACK & WHITE PEOPLE. DEPICTS THE DECAYING BUILDINGS, PEOPLE WITHOUT WORK AND A BITTER FATHER WHO HATED WHITE PEOPLE. RECOUNTS THAT CHURCH GAVE BALDWIN'S FATHER A WAY OF RETALIATING AGAINST THE WHITES AND THAT SCHOOL AND LITERATURE PROVIDED YOUNG JAMES WITH A MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM A DESPAIRING WORLD AND HIS BLACK SOCIETY. SOCIAL PROBLEMS. MINORITIES. RACIAL TENSION. POVERTY, SLUMS,.
Keywords: negro
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