Synopsis
SHOWS THE DAILY life of a NEGRO FAMILY IN GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. ILLUSTRATES BASIC MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS BY SHOWING WAYS PARENTS CAN INFLUENCE THEIR CHILD'S MENTAL & EMOTIONAL GROWTH & HELP HIM FACE PROBLEMS. "Palmour Street is in Gainesville, Georgia. The people who live on it worked hard to make this picture so that they and all of us might know more about ourselves and our children." Story of African-American family in Georgia. Charming film. Shots and sequences of everyday life. Shots: Dad shows son his flexing muscles. Family sits on porch. Sister cradles infant in her arms. Public health clinic. Child behaving badly. Mother bathes infant in tub. Six-year old child is scared of dog barking. Child learns to pet dog. child plays by himself jumping happily on couch. child and mother shell peas together. Mother puts children to bed. Children dance on porch. Mother reprimands her teenage son at the dinner table, hurting his feelings badly. Children crawl over mother happily. Woman is cooking up her laundry in a large metal tub on the stove. She stirs it with a stick. girl sets table for family dinner. Parents fight; child react with fear and upset. Boy sucks his thumb. Baby cries. Father plays with his baby son; Kids take shoes off dad. little girl goes off to school. Child tries to go with mother when she goes at work. Children play pattycake and sing rhymes. Child hides under bed from his father. Then he cries. going to hospital; father is hurt badly. Sadness. "Vernon is…
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- Running time
- 23 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0883_Palmour_Street_S00192_14_36_26_00