EMC: Abstract: My Childhood, Part 2: James Baldwin's Harlem

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My Childhood, Part 2: James Baldwin's Harlem

• 1967 ----- b & w ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
• "My life had begun. . .in the invincible and indescribable squalor of Harlem. . .here in the ghetto I was born." James Baldwin speaks of the grinding poverty, despair and his father's hatred which led him to despise both white and black people alike. (NOTE: While each of the two films can be used separately, the powerful contrasts of two very different environments can be more easily seen using the two films together.)
• Topics: (American Ethnic Studies: Afro-American, Biography, Literature: American, Psychology: Social)

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