This is the home of Mrs. Levant Graham.
Sign in to track this film in your collection or want list.
A thoughtful and emotional story of the poor is offered in this cinema verite glimpse of a black family's life in a slum apartment in Washington, D.C. The home is a stopping place for country relatives who come to the city looking for jobs, as well as a home-away-from-home for friends. Over the noise and confusion of the household, and the continuous sound of television, Mrs. Graham tells about her life and her feelings.
Credits
Topper Carew (1943–); Claudia Weill; Eliot Noyes Jr.; New Thing Art and Architecture Center; Pyramid Films, inc.
Complete catalog record
This film lets us drop in on an African American family, noisily and gregariously living in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. It’s a bittersweet encounter that leaves one saddened by the oppressiveness of the physical situation but elated by the seemingly limitless potential of the human spirit to transcend its environment.
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format
- UNT Digital Library — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
- 16mm Filmography editors — description, catalog record
Original permalink · Record added 2023-11-09 15:14:06