Synopsis
This 1972 color educational short produced by Coronet Films uses footage of Chicago, Illinois and staged documentary-style interviews to comment on evolving attitudes about ethnic minority groups. By today’s standards, the film provides screen time to cringe-worthy, scripted racist and anti-racist perspectives, while blurring definitions of race and ethnicity (TRT:13:51).The Chinese-style architecture of the Pui Tak Center Building on Wentworth in Chicago, Illinois (0:10). The San Juan theater, aka the Biltmore, aka the Alameda, in West Town. The marquee advertises “Jaime Sanchez en La Palomilla” (1970) and “Trampa Para Un Cadáver” (1969) (0:23). Opening titles over the streets of West Town (0:35). A black man with an afro looks across a city street towards an ad for Kent Menthol cigarettes: “The Together Smoke,” which features a smiling black couple. Also, another ad: “Bufferin is Bad. Baby. (And That’s Good.) Pan to elderly African Americans in urban Chicago” (0:40). Italian newspapers. People exiting a subway station (0:52). A tall, white, bald man sticks out above a crowd of pedestrians near a chain location of “Wimpy, The Glorified Hamburger” (1:30). Women flight attendants. One white, one Asian, one Black (1:39). A high-rise apartment complex. More Chicago pedestrians (1:48). Vox Pops / Street Interviews: A woman in a babushka speaks on the subject of “social power” (2:09). A black man in a turtleneck speaks about prejudice (2:28). A white man in a raincoat speaks on…
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- Running time
- 13 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- The Together Smoke
- Coronet Films
- The Chinese
- Pui Tak Center Building
- San Juan
- West Town
- Jaime Sanchez
- La Palomilla
- Trampa Para Un Cad
- Kent Menthol