- Title: V-A4604
- Summary: BLACK AND WHITE AND SHADES OF GREY: AT THE COST OF LOSING FRIENDS AND POPULARITY, A GIRL CONSIDERS GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE WITH A BLACK BOY, A GOOD FRIEND. IF SHE REFUSES HIS INVITATION, SHE CONSIDERS THAT SHE RUNS THE RISK OF LOSING HER SELF-ESTEEM. THIS FILM IS OPEN-ENDED. PREJUDICE. MINORITIES. BLACK AND WHITE. INTERRACIAL COUPLE. BLACK TEEN BOY WALKS TO SCHOOL UPPER-CLASS WELL-TO-DO. KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL. BLACKS BUSSED TO SCHOOL. INTEGRATION. GIRL AT LOCKER. SMILES. FRIEND WITH BLACK BOY. SOCIAL INJUSTICE. FRIENDS TALK IN SCHOOL HALLWAY. KIDS ENTER CLASSROOM AND SIT DOWN. TALK ABOUT TESTS COMING UP. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. TEACHER COMES IN. DISCUSSES VIETNAM. CURRENT EVENTS. CLASS DISMISSED. TWO GIRLS TALK. STANDING BY BULLETIN BOARD. SAYS SHE SHOULDN'T HANG AROUND THE NEGRO BOY. PINS NOTICE ON BULLETIN BOARD. SOUND BYTE. "OK, BUT IT'S YOUR FUNERAL". AD FOR SCHOOL DANCE. CU BOY'S FACE AS HE THINKS HARD. ASKS GIRL OUT ON A DATE. SHE WANTS TO THINK ABOUT IT. GIRL TALKS WITH HER MOTHER. MOTHER LOOKS UP SURPRISED. UNBELIEVABLE. MOTHER DOESN'T WANT HER DAUGHTER TO GO TO DANCE WITH BLACK BOY. I THINK YOU'RE WRONG - SOUND BYTE. POOR JUDGMENT. DIFFICULT DECISION. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? QUESTION MARK.
- Description:01:16:10 - BLACK TEENAGE BOY WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SCHOOL BOOKS, AS CARS PASS, OTHER STUDENTS WALKING TO SCHOOL WALK BEHIND HIM 01:16:47 - BLACK TEEN BOY WALKS TOWARDS THE SCHOOL 01:16:56 - BEAUTIFUL BLONDE WHITE TEENAGE GIRL AT LOCKER 01:17:04 - BLACK TEEN BOY APPROACHES WHITE GIRL TO CHAT 01:17:43 - STUDENTS ENTER CLASSROOM AND TAKE THEIR SEATS, BLACK TEEN SITS NEXT TO WHITE GIRL IN CLASSROOM, "I DON'T DIG THAT SHAKESPEARE AT ALL" 01:18:30 - TEACHER ENTERS CLASSROOM AND STANDS BEHIND PODIUM TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM 01:19:03 - SCHOOL BELL RINGS, "WE WILL CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION TOMORROW" 01:19:12 - STUDENTS STAND TO LEAVE CLASSROOM, BLACK TEEN APPROACHES TEACHER 01:19:18 - BRUNETTE GIRL SITTING BESIDES WHITE GIRL TELLS HER SHE WANTS TO SPEAK WITH HER, TOGETHER THEY LEAVE THE CLASSROOM 01:19:30 - TWO GIRLS STOP IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAY TO TALK ABOUT HER HANGING OUT WITH THE BLACK BOY JIMMY, "AFTER ALL, HE IS A NEGRO", "ITS YOUR FUNERAL", THEY CONTINUE WALKING TO CLASS 01:20:11 - WHITE BOY PINS A FLYER ON BULLETIN BOARD, BLACK TEEN STOPS TO READ FLYER 01:20:29 - FLYER READS "ANNOUNCING THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DANCE" 01:20:42 - CLOSE UP OF BLACK TEEN TURNING HIS HEAD AND THINKING 01:20:54 - BLONDE WHITE GIRL TALKING TO BRUNETTE GIRL, WHITE GIRL IS APPROACHED BY BLACK TEEN BOY, BRUNETTE WALKS AWAY 01:21:07 - BLACK TEEN BOY ASKS WHITE TEEN GIRL OUT TO THE THANKSGIVING DANCE, SHE SAYS SHE'LL THINK ABOUT IT, HE WALKS AWAY 01:22:11 - WHITE TEEN GIRL WALKS INTO LIVING ROOM TO SPEAK TO MOTHER SITTING ON THE COUCH, SHE TELLS MOTHER SHE WAS ASKED TO GO TO DANCE WITH BLACK TEEN BOY, "YOU'RE KIDDING, HE'S A NEGRO!" 01:22:56 - "ITS NOT HIS FAULT HE'S A NEGRO" 01:24:05 - NARRATOR DESCRIBES THE DIFFICULT DECISION THAT DEBBIE MUST MAKE, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO?"
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1968
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: V-A4604