- Title: F-1409
- Summary: JAMES BALDWIN'S HARLEM: 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,.
- Description:00:00:03 - MS DOG EATING GARBAGE FROM CITY SIDEWALK 00:00:05 - HOMELESS PERSON CARRYING CARDBOARD BOX OVER HEAD COVERING IDENTITY 00:00:09 - MS CATS WALK ON BUILDING LEDGES. 00:00:12 - MONTAGE BLACK RESIDENTS OF HARLEM, WOMAN WITH SAD LOOK, YOUNG BOY, MEN WALKING IN ON SIDEWALKS 00:00:24 - BROKEN GLASS WINDOWS. 00:00:35 - MS OLD TOY, TEDDY BEAR ON CHAIR IN ALLEY 00:00:38 - MS GRAFFITI PAINTED ON BRICK WALL 00:00:39 - MS SIGN POSTED: PLEASE KEEP OFF THE STOOP" 00:00:45 - PEOPLE WALKING BY HOMELESS MAN SLEEPING ON SIDEWALK. IGNORING, NOT NOTICING HOMELESS MAN 00:00:50 - CU YOUNG BOY LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW, NO GLASS, GLASS BROKEN OUT OF WINDOWS. POVERTY. 00:00:54 - MONTAGE HARLEM RESIDENTS, BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:01:11 - MS HOMELESS MAN WITH BELONGINGS ON PUSHCART 00:01:15 - MS MAN DRINKS LIQUOR FROM PAPER BAG. 00:01:19 - BLACK URBAN LIFESTYLE 00:02:00 - ECU AFRICAN TRIBAL MASK 00:02:06 - MONTAGE AFRICAN STATUES 00:02:26 - GOSPEL CHURCH. MAN WITH TAMBOURINE CLAPPING TO HYMN. GOSPEL CHOIR SINGING AND DANCING 00:04:02 - COP CAR AT NIGHT. FLASHING LIGHTS. HEAD LIGHT PULLS UP TO CAMERA 00:04:07 - CU FLASHLIGHT BEING SHOWN IN PRETEEN BOY'S FACE 00:04:10 - CU POLICE OFFICER'S BADGE 00:04:12 - CU POLICE LIGHTS. WHITE COPS BEAT UP BLACK BOY. 00:04:34 - URBAN ALLEY. GHETTO. FIRE ESCAPES. FENCE. 00:05:10 - POV DRIVING PAST FREDERICK DOUGLASS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. LOCK ON FENCE. CAGE-LIKE. 00:05:40 - CU FEET WALK BY. 00:05:45 - URBAN BLACK CHILDREN GOING INTO SCHOOL, SECOND-RATE SCHOOL. 00:05:50 - BLACK BOYS IN CLASSROOM RAISE THEIR HANDS. WEARING WHITE SHIRTS AND TIES. 00:06:15 - CU BOOK SHELF IN LIBRARY. 00:06:29 - CU BOY READS BOOK 00:07:25 - SCHOOL BOY WRITES AT DESK. 00:08:46 - FANTASY SCENE. PRINCE AND PRINCESS. STAGE PLAY. ROMANTIC. PRINCE WALKS AWAY. GIRL SAD. ACTORS BOW. 00:10:19 - DREAMY BLUR SEQUENCE: BOY IN COIN-OPERATED CAR RIDE, MOTHER & CHILD LOOK SADLY OUT THEIR WINDOW. 00:11:06 - ROLLS ROYCE PULLS UP TO CAMERA. 00:11:11 - CU MERRY-GO-ROUND IN STOREFRONT WINDOW. 00:11:21 - 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 - MONTAGE SIDEWALKS OF HARLEM PACKED WITH PEOPLE UPTOWN. URBAN BLACK LIFESTYLE. BARBER SHOP POLE. BLACK BEAUTY SHOP. 00:12:53 - CU BEAT-UP SHOES. BOY IN BARBER'S CHAIR. GETTING HIS HEAD RUBBED. 00:14:01 - JUNK YARD. OLD WRECKED CARS. PILE OF TWISTED METAL. CRANE LIFTS OLD CARS. PILE OF TIRES. BROKEN WINDSHIELD. 00:15:50 - 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 - STANDING BY COFFIN IN GRAVEYARD. COFFIN IS LOWERED INTO GRAVE. 00:19:34 - LS BOY SITTING IN TREE RURAL HOUSE WITH NO TREES AROUND IT. 00:19:36 - WHITE BOY WALKS ON WHITE PICKET FENCE ON PORCH 00:19:42 - TIRES SWINGING FROM TREES, SWINGS 00:20:24 - CU METAL MAILBOX 00:20:25 - BOY WATCHES WESTERN MOVIE. POV FROM BEHIND BOY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1964
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-1409