A Lady named Baybie

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1980

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary on the indomitable, 64-year-old Baybie Hoover and her closest friend, Virginia Ginger Brown. Both blind, the women pitched their way from Wichita, Kansas to New York City by singing religious music on the street with cup in hand. Baybie relates her efforts to maintain her independence despite the interference of governmental and charitable agencies.

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