New Girl in the Office (Part I)

★★★★★ · moving piece · watertiger · 2005-12-17

My parents graduated from college around the time that short was made. My mother told me a story about being one of two women with masters in economics in the nation, and how should could not get a job as even a secretary in Washington D.C. because she was black. The short film was very moving as I thought about what my family went through during that period, and even the obstacles I had to face as a child dealing with that generation of Americans.

★★★ · Richard Nixon: King of all black people. · Spuzz · 2003-12-07

Pretty good docudrama for it's day about an office just about to hire it's first black woman for a secretary, and the ramifications it has in the office. It was quite surprising seeing the credit list and finding out that Ed Asner and Ford Rainey were in the production somewhere. The acting ranges from Very good to shaky, and the script sometimes can't veer above soap opera level. (The discussion which the new girl has with her family is pretty bad, as both actors seem to have arrived from a road production of 'Lilies Of The Field'. All in all, an 'important' film I'm sure for it's time, but…

typical · nylander77 · 2007-10-25

I noticed in this Docudrama, there was no mention of qualifications, or how there was someone who was more qualified but didnt get the job because it HAD to go to blacks. Why is that not discrimination?