- Title: F-6006
- Summary: MINORITY YOUTH: FELICIA: A 15 YEAR OLD NEGRO 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 NEGRO 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.
- Description:00:00:30 - VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF TRAIN. 00:00:34 - EXTERIOR OLD SHACK, HOUSE. RUN DOWN. POVERTY. 00:00:43 - 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 00:01:09 - BLACK KIDS EATING BREAKFAST AT KITCHEN TABLE. POURS MILK INTO CEREAL. MOTHER AT KITCHEN COUNTER. LITTLE GIRL EATS CEREAL. 00:02:31 - MOTHER WASHES DISHES. TUPPERWARE. PUTS DISHES AWAY. HOUSEHOLD CHORES. 00:03:03 - MOTHER AT SINGER SEWING MACHINE SEWING. MENDING CLOTHES. 00:04:03 - GIRL PICKS UP SCHOOL BOOKS. GOES OUTSIDE. LITTLE SISTER BRINGS HER COAT, TEENAGER PUTS ON COAT. WALKS DOWN SIDEWALK. GOING TO SCHOOL. 00:04:36 - EMPTY HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY. 00:04:41 - AMERICAN FLAG & CLOCK. BLACK STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. HANDS OVER HEARTS. OATH OF LOYALTY. 00:04:56 - HIGH SCHOOL KIDS LOOKING AT THEIR BOOKS. IN CLASSROOM. WHITE TEACHER. 00:06:05 - HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HALLWAY. 00:06:15 - CROWD OF STUDENTS OUTSIDE SCHOOL. SITTING ON BENCHES OUTSIDE EATING LUNCH. STUDENT LIFESTYLE, 1971 00:06:42 - HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, FEMALE BLACK TEEN TALKS ABOUT RACE RELATIONS. 00:07:25 - OUTSIDE A WHITE HIGH SCHOOL. WHITE STUDENTS HANGING OUTSIDE SCHOOL. 1971. CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL. PLAYING BASKETBALL & TENNIS AT RECESS. 00:08:02 - BLACK STUDENTS LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL. 00:08:17 - TEENAGER, GIRL WALKING HOME. FUNKY GLASSES. 1960s CATS EYE GLASSES. 00:08:44 - GIRL WALKS DOWN STREET, RUNDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. POOL HALL. CLOSED DOWN SHOPS. 00:09:02 - OLD TIRES LYING IN A HEAP. JUNKYARD. CAR PARTS PILED UP. LITTLE BLACK BOY ON TRICYCLE. CRANE CARRIES & DUMPS OLD CARS. 00:09:59 - 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. 00:10:17 - EXTERIOR DILAPIDATED SHACK POVERTY. RIPPED, TORN SCREEN FLAPS IN THE BREEZE. 00:10:28 - OLD BLACK MEN HANGING OUT. PLAYING CHECKERS. LITTER STREWN STREET. 00:10:54 - GIRL WALKING ON TRAIN TRACKS, WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL. HEAD DOWN IN THOUGHT. SHORT CUT HOME.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-6006