Death of a Gandy Dancer

Series: Learning to be Human Series

Duration: 27 min.

Year Published: 1977

Creator: LCA

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A 10-year old boy and his family learn to cope with the illness and death of the grandfather, an old railroad man. Designed to confront emotional issues which arise when a close family member dies., A family's confrontation with the emotional conflicts that arise when terminal illness is diagnosed. Young Josh's grandfather is a fixture on the family scene, an old railroad man who enthralls the boy with nostalgic tales of gandy dancing as the tracks were laid. The boy and parents must face the old man's death.

Complete Record: , Dramatizes a family's confrontation with the emotional conflicts that arise when terminal illness is diagnosed. A boy and his parents face the death of the boy's grandfather, an old railroad man. , A family's confrontation with the emotional conflicts that arise when terminal illness is diagnosed. Young Josh's grandfather is a fixture on the family scene, an old railroad man who enthralls the boy with nostalgic tales of gandy dancing as the tracks were laid. The boy and parents must face the old man's death., A family's confrontation with the emotional conflicts that arise when terminal illness is diagnosed. Young Josh's grandfather is a fixture on the family scene, an old railroad man who enthralls the boy with nostalgic tales of gandy dancing as the tracks were laid. The boy and parents must face the old man's death.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.