From Harlem to Harvard

Duration: 29

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Black Filmmaker Foundation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary about George who is 18, Black and the first person from his high school to go to Harvard. He attempts to reconcile personal dreams with extreme academic and social pressures evident in his interactions with roomates from advantaged backgrounds. Combines cinema verite footage with pointed interviews. Reveals much about the issue of minorities in upper class educational institutions. , Documents the freshman year of a young black man at Harvard. Examines the difficulties he has, which are contrasted with the achievements of his three roommates. Shows him finally being asked to take time off for academic reasons.

Complete Record: A documentary about George who is 18, Black and the first person from his high school to go to Harvard. He attempts to reconcile personal dreams with extreme academic and social pressures evident in his interactions with roomates from advantaged backgrounds. Combines cinema verite footage with pointed interviews. Reveals much about the issue of minorities in upper class educational institutions. , Documents the freshman year of a young black man at Harvard. Examines the difficulties he has, which are contrasted with the achievements of his three roommates. Shows him finally being asked to take time off for academic reasons. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.