My Own Yard to Play In (1959)
1959 · Ephemeral film · 7 min · dir. Phil Lerner
Synopsis
Photographed on the streets of New York, this film penetrates the world children create in their play. It shows children of varying ages and different nationalities playing in the streets regardless of the life going on around them. It stresses the need for better recreational facilities for children in large metropolitan areas, and the need of a child to have a yard of its own.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Phil Lerner
- Released
- 1959-01-01
- Running time
- 7 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
- Phil Lerner Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Better than nothing? · nhdeklerk · 2017-09-19
In terms of length this is a slightly incomplete print. More seriously, it lacks the (asynchronous) sound of the original release. The a-synchronicity of its soundtrack, by the way, does not impair its directness - as in direct cinema. Recorded in the streets of a big city (like the film it is reminiscent of: the silent In the street 1946 by Levitt, Loeb, Agee) it is an ode to imagination in its portrayal of children who use every object or material they find there to create fantasy worlds. No wonder they act as if the crew isn't there. Besides effects and nursery rhymes the soundtrack…