Sylvia--Summer Before College

Duration: 30

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1983

Creator: The Vidda Foundation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A portrait of eighteen-year-old Sylvia Hall, showing her activities during her last summer at home before leaving for college. Provides a positive role model for adolescents to learn to allocate their time and make independent life choices.

Complete Record: A portrait of Sylvia Hall, an 18-year-old Black woman as she prepares to leave her New York City home for college in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sylvia describes her goals and feelings as the viewer sees her taking piano lessons, swimming and relaxing at the beach with family and friends. Scenes of Sylvia taking leave of her room and cat and making her goodbyes at the airport conclude the film. , A portrait of eighteen-year-old Sylvia Hall, showing her activities during her last summer at home before leaving for college. Provides a positive role model for adolescents to learn to allocate their time and make independent life choices.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.