Joshua

, Ways in which confrontations between blacks and whites can lead to constructive change. Joshua, a black youth, picks a fight with a white teenager in a park. The two reconcile as Joshua helps the other boy get his large kite airborne. Both boys become aware of each others feelings and responses and the possibilities of black-white partnership on terms of equality., , , Joshua Distributed by Aims Media, Inc; Produced by Bert Salzman FilmsPC: SALZB Year published 1968 Grade Level: J Distributed on media: 1 videocassette (15 min.), 1/2 in.; 1 videocassette (u-matic) (15 min.), 3/4 in.; 1 film reel (15 min.), 16 mm. Color?B & W Length: 15 MIN Library of Congress Registration 72-702429 Description: Depicts the personal conflicts of a Negro boy who has always lived in Harlem but who wins an athletic scholarship to a Texas College. As he is about to enter white society, Joshua sees his identity as a Black American threatened and he sets off on a running spree through a park where he encounters a white boy which leads to his realization of the possibilities of the Negro-white partnership on terms of equality. Topics: Social-; Black-History-Afro-American-Culture; Black-History-Segregation-And-Integration; Black-History-Social-Problems; Clinical-General; Educational-Attitude-And-Adjustment-High-School-And-College; Social-Group-And-Interpersonal-Processes; Human-RelationsNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.