Teddy (1971)
1971 · Ephemeral film · 16 min · dir. Richard Wells
- Documentary
Synopsis
Teddy narrates a snapshot of his life in Watts, California in 1971. He describes his relationship to religion, education, and radical politics, as well as his family and social life, against a backdrop of his neighborhood. He talks candidly about the War in Vietnam, the devaluation of education for Black young people, and the recent raid on the Black Panther Party Headquarters, with a clear-eyed sense of injustice. Social Seminar Film produced by the University of California at Los Angeles Extension Media Center for the National Institute of Mental Health. Preserved by the A/V Geeks from the Prelinger Archives.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Richard Wells
- Cinematography
- Robert Grant
- Studio
- U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, U.S. Public Health Services, Health Services and Mental Health Adminstration, National Institute of Mental Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Extension Media Center
- Released
- 1971-01-01
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0307_Teddy_08_00_40_00-0043
Cast & crew
- Richard Wells Director
Teddy
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · The final come down 1972 · omalone1 · 2019-10-26
Finally saw footage of this having researched the black panther shoot out with the SWAT team Dec 1969 Seems this includes genuine footage and might possibly have inspired the movie as well as Spook 1973
★★★★ · All bound for Muu Muu Land · Spuzz · 2016-02-15
Another, though not listed here, its listed in the credits, of the Social Seminar series, the amazing bunch of films featuring young kids of the 60s and 70s, laying it out for us about their generation, drugs, and culture. Here, we focus on Teddy, a nice black kid who seems to have his head screwed on right, and his dealings with the world around him, which is quite rich, his brother is in Viet Nam, another is in a laughably bad rock group, and all are seriously about to be overcome by their hair. Like all the others in this series,. This is a true snapshot of their culture. The Muu-Muus, the…