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REEL BEGINS: THE DAILY LIFE OF A 1950S BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY IN GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
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01:00:04 4.4 |
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INTRODUCTION CARD: "PALMOUR STREET IS IN GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON IT WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS PICTURE SO THAT THEY AND ALL OF US MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN."
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01:00:16 16.16 |
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AFRICAN AMERICAN DAD FLEXES MUSCLES FOR HIS SON.
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01:00:25 25.9 |
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LITTLE SISTER IN ROCKING CHAIR CRADLES BABY IN HER ARMS, MOTHER LOOKING ON.
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01:00:30 30.81 |
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FAMILY HAPPILY SITTING ON PORCH, MOM, DAD ON SWINGING BENCH, KIDS.
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01:00:42 42.87 |
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INTERIOR PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC, PEOPLE WAITING, BABIES CAN BE HEARD CRYING, CHILD MISBEHAVING BADLY
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01:01:01 61.84 |
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CLOSE UP PRETTY AFRICAN AMERICAN MOM PROTECTIVELY CRADLES HER YOUNG SON, HE LOOKS UP LOVINGLY AT MOM AND THEY SMILE
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01:01:17 77.32 |
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AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE, THEY FOLLOW MOM TO FRONT PORCH OF HOME
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01:01:28 88.66 |
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MOTHER BATHES LITTLE NINE MONTH OLD CHILD IN ROUND METAL TUB, DRIES HIM OFF IN HER LAP
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01:01:49 109.95 |
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CU ADORABLE AFRICAN AMERICAN BABY BOY
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01:02:09 129.18 |
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LITTLE SIX-YEAR OLD BOY OUTSIDE AFRAID OF SMALL BARKING DOG. HE'S ENCOURAGED BY ADULTS TO PET THE DOG AND APPROACHES SLOWLY, BENDS DOWN AND PETS DOG.
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01:03:00 180.24 |
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INSIDE HOME LITTLE BOY PLAYS BY HIMSELF, HAPPILY CLIMBING AN JUMPING ON COUCH.
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01:03:37 217.2 |
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MOM AND SMALL BOY SHELLING PEAS TOGETHER. CU ON HAPPY LITTLE BOY
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01:04:12 252.59 |
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MOTHER PUTTING CHILDREN TO BED. LITTLE GIRL INTERRUPTS AND WANTS TO READ BOOK. MOTHER GETS UPSET AND LITTLE GIRL SHEEPISHLY LEAVES BEDROOM.
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01:04:28 268.9 |
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LITTLE GIRL SITS ON COUCH AND LEAFS THROUGH BOOK. MOM COMES IN PUTS ARM AROUND CHILD LOVINGLY
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01:04:58 298.34 |
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CHILDREN DANCING ON PORCH OF HOME, SO CUTE. CU DANCING FEET
OLDER CRANKY WOMAN COMES OUT OF HOME AND CHASES KIDS AWAY. |
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THREE LITTLE GIRLS SHEEPISHLY HIDING IN THE GRASS THEN RUNAWAY
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01:05:51 351.39 |
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MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN USING A LONG STICK COOKING UP HER LAUNDRY IN A LARGE METAL TUB ON THE STOVE.
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01:06:04 364.3 |
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MOTHER OPENS SCREEN DOOR AND SEES THREE LITTLE GIRLS DANCING HAPPILY, SHE JOINS IN.
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01:06:23 383.21 |
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OLDER WOMAN, ESTHER, WEARING AN APRON AND HOLDING A PLATE COMES OUT OF HOME - SAME 'CRANKY' LADY AS BEFORE. SHE WALKS NEXT DOOR AND THROUGH THE KITCHEN, SEES THE HAPPY GIRLS DANCING AND MAKES THEM STOP.
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01:06:59 419.52 |
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ESTHER AND MOTHER ON THE PORCH HAND WASHING AND SCRUBBING CLOTHES IN LARGE METAL TUBS - NO FUN
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ESTHER IN AN OFFICE SETTING WITH OFFICIALS SIGNING PAPER WORK. YOUNG TEENAGE BOY WALKING OUT OF BUILDING ACCOMPANIED BY POLICE OFFICER.
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01:08:10 490.75 |
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ESTHER REPRIMANDS HER TEENAGE SON AT THE DINNER TABLE WAGGING HER FINGER AT HIM. BOY GETS UP FROM TABLE UPSET.
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01:08:37 517.67 |
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1950'S CLASSIC FLORAL WALLPAPER ON WALL.
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01:08:41 521.34 |
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CHILDREN CRAWLING ALL OVER MOTHER HAPPILY. SHE'S LOVING THEM LIKE CRAZY
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01:08:53 533.85 |
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IN THE KITCHEN, LITTLE GIRL SETTING THE TABLE FOR MEAL, MOTHER AT THE STOVE.
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01:09:10 550.64 |
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FATHER COMES HOME FROM WORK ANGRY, DEMANDING DINNER. MOTHER AND FATHER ARGUE LOUDLY. TILT DOWN ON LITTLE BOY SITTING ON THE FLOOR LOOKING UP .
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01:09:39 579.78 |
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LITTLE AFRICAN AMERICAN BOY WIDE EYED AND SUCKING HIS THUMB OR HIS WHOLE HAND. LITTLE GIRL STANDING AGAINST WHITE BACKGROUND LOOKING SCARED AND TEARY EYED. SMALL BABY BOY CRYING.
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01:09:56 596.83 |
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CUTAWAY. KIDS AND FATHER OUTSIDE PLAYING. FATHER THROWING BALL.
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01:10:26 626.43 |
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INSIDE HOME, FATHER RUBS BOYS HEADS, EVERYONE HAPPY. DAD PICKS UP BABY BOY.
OUTSIDE ON PORCH SWING, DAD HOLDS BABY UP IN THE AIR. |
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TWO LITTLE AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS HAPPILY TAKING DAD'S SHOES OFF.
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INSIDE HOME, MOTHER LEANING IN FRONT OF SMALL DRESSER MIRROR FIXES HER HAIR AND PRIMPS.
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01:12:01 721.26 |
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1950'S AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY AT THE DINNER TABLE ENJOYING SUPPER TOGETHER. CHILDREN INTERACTING, MOM HOLDING BABY ON HER LAP.
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ADORABLE AFRICAN AMERICAN LITTLE GIRL AGE ABOUT 8, HOLDING BOOKS IN HER HANDS, TURNS AND SAYS GOODBYE TO MOTHER AND RUNS OFF (TO SCHOOL)
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01:12:40 760.18 |
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SHOT FROM BEHIND, FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WALKING ALONG ON DIRT STREET IN SEMI RURAL AREA, FOLLOWED BY TWO BOYS ON ONE BICYCLE
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MAN AT STANDING AT DOORWAY IN FGD WATCHING AS LITTLE GIRLS WALK BY, CALLS OUT FOR THEM TO COME TO HIM, THEY RUN DOWN THE STREET
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AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS AT PLAYGROUND, LITTLE GIRLS HUDDLE TOGETHER, KIDS ON SWINGS
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MOTHER AT HOME FOLDING CLOTHES, COVERS FOOD ON GLASS PLATE WTIH NAPKIN, PICKS UP BABY IN CRIB.
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MOTHER HANDS BABY TO "AUNT ESTHER" AND KISSES LITTLE BOY. LITTLE BOY CRIES AS MOTHER GOES OFF TO WORK.
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UPSET LITTLE BOY HOLDING ON TO PORCH POST, VERY UNHAPPY
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LITTLE BOY ANGRILY PICKING UP ROCKS FROM FLOWER BED AND THROWING THEM AT HOUSE. HE RUNS AWAY AS HE IS REPRIMANDED BY WOMAN (AUNT ESTHER)
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CU ON FACE OF ANGY YOUNG BOY, PURSED LIPS. HE THROWS ONE FINAL STONE, RUNS AWAY
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CHILDREN SITTING OUTDOORS ON STEPS PLAY HAND CLAPPING GAME, PATTY CAKE, AND SING RHYMES
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MOTHER WALKING DOWN DIRT STREET (COMING HOME FROM WORK) HOLDING HER SHOES AND A BAG. KIDS RUN TO GREET HER, SHE HANDS THEM HER SHOES AND BAG.
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WS FAMILY ON PORCH OF HOME, MOTHER, FATHER AND KIDS. Z'IN TO MOM ON ROCKING CHAIR, FATHER ON PORCH SWING WITH YOUNG BOY AND OLDER WOMAN.
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01:16:36 996.86 |
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DARK FOOTAGE, LITTLE BOY CRAWLS UNDER BED TO HIDE. SOUNDS OF HIM CRYING AS DAD DRAGS HIM OUT, TAKES HIM IN HIS ARMS, PATS HIM ON THE BACK AND SOOTHES HIM.
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FADE TO DARK
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MOTHER IN LIVING ROOM CLEANING COUCH WITH BROOM AND SINGING. LITTLE GIRL CLEANING WINDOW.
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01:18:23 1103.23 |
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN AT FRONT DOOR WITH BAD NEWS.
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01:18:32 1112.7 |
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MOTHER GETTING INTO VINTAGE CAR. SHOT OF KIDS AT FRONT SCREEN DOOR LOOKING OUT. CARS LEAVING DUST BEHIND AS IT DRIVES AWAY.
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01:19:06 1146.44 |
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AT THE HOSPITAL - WOMAN TALKING WITH NURSE, LOOKING PENSIVE AND SCARED.
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01:19:37 1177.39 |
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MONTAGE OF SHOTS, DAD PLAYING WITH KIDS, PATTING LITTLE BOYS ON THE HEAD, HOLDING BABY UP IN THE AIR, PLAYING WITH DOG, HAVING DINNER TOGETHER, PLAYING BALL.
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01:20:12 1212.44 |
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CU AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CRYING, LOOKING SCARED AND SAD.
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NURSE TALKING WITH WOMAN. WOMAN IN TEARS, COVERS HER FACE WITH TISSUE. BUT ITS GOOD NEWS!
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FADE TO DARK
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DARK FOOTAGE - MOTHER COVERS BABY IN CRIB WITH BLANKET. SHE CHECKS IN ON OTHER SLEEPING CHILDREN.
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SHOTS OF MOTHER LOOKING CONCERNED AND WORRIED.
(UNSEEN) NARRATOR RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW WILL THIS MOTHER TAKE CARE OF FAMILY WHILE FATHER IS ON THE MEND |
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LARGE WHITE QUESTION MARK AGAINST DARK BACKGROUND COMING TOWARD CAMERA.
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01:22:31 1351.42 |
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REEL ENDS: THE DAILY LIFE OF A 1950S BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY IN GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
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