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The Collective: Fifteen Years Later
written by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; directed by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; produced by John Grady and Richard Broadman, 1946-2000, Newton Cable Television Foundation and CINE Research (Newton, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1985), 1 hour
In 1970, thousands of young people thought of themselves as agents of change. They wanted to restore America's democratic vision; they wanted to end the war in Vietnam. This is the story of one collective — their successes and failures, and what they do and think fifteen years later.
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written by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; directed by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; produced by John Grady and Richard Broadman, 1946-2000, Newton Cable Television Foundation and CINE Research (Newton, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1985), 1 hour
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In 1970, thousands of young people thought of themselves as agents of change. They wanted to restore America's democratic vision; they wanted to end the war in Vietnam. This is the story of one collective — their successes and failures, and what they do and think fifteen years later.
Date Written / Recorded
1985
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Richard Broadman, 1946-2000, John Grady, Newton Cable Television Foundation, CINE Research, Janice Gray, fl. 1985
Author / Creator
Richard Broadman, 1946-2000
Date Published / Released
1985
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Janice Gray, fl. 1985
Topic / Theme
American, Armed forces, Social conflict, Political events, Political causes, War, Ethnography, Americans
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Down the Project...From the Project: The Crisis of Public Housing
written by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; directed by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; produced by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000, CINE Research (Boston, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1982), 1 hour
Down The Project: The Crisis of Public Housing presents the story of two projects that housed working families, both white and black, in the 1940s. In later years, crippled by lower budgets and the needs of poorer populations, they came to be regarded as eyesores, as danger zones. How did these changes occur? How...
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written by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; directed by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; produced by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000, CINE Research (Boston, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1982), 1 hour
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Down The Project: The Crisis of Public Housing presents the story of two projects that housed working families, both white and black, in the 1940s. In later years, crippled by lower budgets and the needs of poorer populations, they came to be regarded as eyesores, as danger zones. How did these changes occur? How did public housing begin? Which forces lobbied for it and against it? How do the people living in this housing see it?
Date Written / Recorded
1982
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Richard Broadman, 1946-2000, CINE Research
Author / Creator
Richard Broadman, 1946-2000
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
European American, African American, Ethnic relations, Racial identity, Poverty, Public housing, Ethnography, Americans, African Americans
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Copyright © 1982 by Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
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Festa (English)
written by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; directed by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; produced by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 29 mins
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of...
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written by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; directed by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; produced by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 29 mins
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The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedfor...
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. Along the way, Festa examines the surprising differences between the "old world" and "new world" feasts as well as the challenges that organizers on both sides of the Atlantic face in the midst of a rapidly modernizing world and changing cultural values. In the end, this is a simple story about the power of tradition, the bonds of family, and the contributions of immigrant communities to both their new home and to the land that they left behind.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005, Maria Aurora, Father Rui Sousa, Eduardo Coutinho Paiva, Maria Casimiro, Joseph Aguiar, David Peixoto, Joseph Alves, Joseph Bertoldo, Gabriel Coutinho
Author / Creator
Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Portuguese, Cultural assimilation, Gender roles, Immigration and emigration, Cultural identity, Catholicism, Religious festivals, Ethnography
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Festa (Portuguese)
written by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; directed by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; produced by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 29 mins
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of...
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written by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; directed by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005; produced by Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 29 mins
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The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedfor...
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a four-day extravaganza that attracts crowds of up to 200,000 to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This documentary film takes viewers on a journey from the excitement of the modern feast to the very roots of the Catholic celebration on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. Along the way, Festa examines the surprising differences between the "old world" and "new world" feasts as well as the challenges that organizers on both sides of the Atlantic face in the midst of a rapidly modernizing world and changing cultural values. In the end, this is a simple story about the power of tradition, the bonds of family, and the contributions of immigrant communities to both their new home and to the land that they left behind.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005, Maria Aurora, Father Rui Sousa, Eduardo Coutinho Paiva, Maria Casimiro, Joseph Aguiar, David Peixoto, Joseph Alves, Joseph Bertoldo, Gabriel Coutinho
Author / Creator
Joseph Sousa, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Portuguese, Cultural assimilation, Gender roles, Immigration and emigration, Cultural identity, Catholicism, Religious festivals, Ethnography
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Hyman Bloom, The Beauty of All Things
written by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990; directed by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990; produced by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 57 mins
Painter Hyman Bloom is one of the forefathers of abstract art in America. His career flourished in the 1940's and 50's garnering the highest praise in both art and popular press. His intense beliefs about composition and masterful command of color were breathtaking and are admired by artists to this day. But Hyman...
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written by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990; directed by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990; produced by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 57 mins
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Painter Hyman Bloom is one of the forefathers of abstract art in America. His career flourished in the 1940's and 50's garnering the highest praise in both art and popular press. His intense beliefs about composition and masterful command of color were breathtaking and are admired by artists to this day. But Hyman's decision to continue exploring figurative work when the art world was moving towards total abstraction and his habitual disdain for...
Painter Hyman Bloom is one of the forefathers of abstract art in America. His career flourished in the 1940's and 50's garnering the highest praise in both art and popular press. His intense beliefs about composition and masterful command of color were breathtaking and are admired by artists to this day. But Hyman's decision to continue exploring figurative work when the art world was moving towards total abstraction and his habitual disdain for the public eye brought him from being one of the infamous "Bad Boys from Boston" to a man little known in the mainstream art scene.
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Date Written / Recorded
2008
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hyman Bloom, 1903-2009, Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990, Documentary Educational Resources (DER), Deena Bloomstone, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Deena Bloomstone, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
European Jewish, Jewish-American, Cultural identity, Cultural assimilation, Immigration and emigration, Biographies, Fine arts, Ethnography, Ashkenazim, Americans
Copyright Message
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If It Fits
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by Mark Erder, fl. 1978 and John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by Hugh Carter Donahue, fl. 1989 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 58 mins
The once thriving industrial town of Haverhill, Massachusetts on the Merrimack River now resembles, in the words of one of the film's subjects, "a ghost town where you expect to see tumbleweeds come rolling down Main Street." This film examines a dying industrial town and its politicians' search for votes over suc...
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by Mark Erder, fl. 1978 and John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by Hugh Carter Donahue, fl. 1989 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 58 mins
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The once thriving industrial town of Haverhill, Massachusetts on the Merrimack River now resembles, in the words of one of the film's subjects, "a ghost town where you expect to see tumbleweeds come rolling down Main Street." This film examines a dying industrial town and its politicians' search for votes over such issues as municipal spending, rising taxes, the revitalization of depressed areas, and attracting new industry.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Marshall, 1932-2005, Hugh Carter Donahue, fl. 1989
Author / Creator
John Marshall, 1932-2005, Mark Erder, fl. 1978
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
American, Industry, Politics, Cultural change and history, Urban life, Ethnography, Americans
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Irma Cáceres: The Goddess of Truth
written by Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999 and Julie Crinière, fl. 2005; directed by Irma Cáceres, Julie Crinière, fl. 2005 and Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999; produced by Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999 and Julie Crinière, fl. 2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999), 22 mins
Teenage years are fraught with problems, tension and uncontrollable emotions. For an adolescent to also be an immigrant- in other words an outsider- the problem is even more complex. Yet, there are very few resources at hand to help teachers and school administrators deal with this issue in the classroom. This vid...
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written by Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999 and Julie Crinière, fl. 2005; directed by Irma Cáceres, Julie Crinière, fl. 2005 and Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999; produced by Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999 and Julie Crinière, fl. 2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999), 22 mins
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Teenage years are fraught with problems, tension and uncontrollable emotions. For an adolescent to also be an immigrant- in other words an outsider- the problem is even more complex. Yet, there are very few resources at hand to help teachers and school administrators deal with this issue in the classroom. This video provides a vehicle for engaging students in classroom discussions about what it means to be "different" and shows us the unique cont...
Teenage years are fraught with problems, tension and uncontrollable emotions. For an adolescent to also be an immigrant- in other words an outsider- the problem is even more complex. Yet, there are very few resources at hand to help teachers and school administrators deal with this issue in the classroom. This video provides a vehicle for engaging students in classroom discussions about what it means to be "different" and shows us the unique contributions that can be made by everyone when given the opportunity. Teenage years are fraught with problems, tension and uncontrollable emotions. For an adolescent to also be an immigrant- in other words an outsider- the problem is even more complex. Yet, there are very few resources at hand to help teachers and school administrators deal with this issue in the classroom. This video provides a vehicle for engaging students in classroom discussions about what it means to be "different" and shows us the unique contributions that can be made by everyone when given the opportunity. It also demonstrates the practical use and positive results of using media as teaching tool. "Through this video, I want that everybody and the whole world gets to know me for who I am, a good person, and a good human being. My project is about my life, my problems, for me it's a total release... and my big wish is to show my life on the Big Screen.". Irma is a young student from Honduras who, in addition to confronting the challenges of being an immigrant, also has learning and emotional disabilities that isolate her in high school. She was in an ESL (English as a Second Language) program when she met two young documentary filmmakers (Julie Criniere and Chih-Lan Lu) who came to help one of her teachers develop a documentary video curriculum. Recognizing the opportunity they presented, in the course of one semester's work, Irma used the video as an opportunity to learn about herself and communicate with the outside world.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999, Julie Crinière, fl. 2005, Irma Cáceres
Author / Creator
Lu Chih-Lan, fl. 1999, Julie Crinière, fl. 2005, Irma Cáceres
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Irma Cáceres
Topic / Theme
Honduran, Developmental disorders, Specialty education, Film industry, Education, First generation immigrant populations, Adolescence, Ethnography, Hondurans
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Last Season: Portrait of a Trawler
written by Oren Bendavid-Val; directed by Oren Bendavid-Val; produced by Oren Bendavid-Val (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 29 mins
Last Season is a portrait of the ground fish trawler Isabel S. from New Bedford, MA. Jeff, the captain, learned fishing from his father, local legend 'Fearless Freddy' Hatfield. Brian, the cook, is a biker and a recovering alcoholic. Lo, the deckhand, is a refugee from Vietnam who has rediscovered Buddhism.
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written by Oren Bendavid-Val; directed by Oren Bendavid-Val; produced by Oren Bendavid-Val (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 29 mins
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Last Season is a portrait of the ground fish trawler Isabel S. from New Bedford, MA. Jeff, the captain, learned fishing from his father, local legend 'Fearless Freddy' Hatfield. Brian, the cook, is a biker and a recovering alcoholic. Lo, the deckhand, is a refugee from Vietnam who has rediscovered Buddhism. Last Season is a portrait of the ground fish trawler Isabel S. from New Bedford, MA. Jeff, the captain, learned fishing from his father, loca...
Last Season is a portrait of the ground fish trawler Isabel S. from New Bedford, MA. Jeff, the captain, learned fishing from his father, local legend 'Fearless Freddy' Hatfield. Brian, the cook, is a biker and a recovering alcoholic. Lo, the deckhand, is a refugee from Vietnam who has rediscovered Buddhism. Last Season is a portrait of the ground fish trawler Isabel S. from New Bedford, MA. Jeff, the captain, learned fishing from his father, local legend 'Fearless Freddy' Hatfield. Brian, the cook, is a biker and a recovering alcoholic. Lo, the deckhand, is a refugee from Vietnam who has rediscovered Buddhism. We accompany them to the once-ample fishing areas of Georges Bank and the Nantucket Shoals, where they haul in nets, and do the backbreaking and bloody work of hand-cutting thousands of pounds of cod and other fish on a pitching trawl deck. The boat is revealed as a social microcosm. Captain Jeff, the son of an esteemed local captain, is at the top of the order, and Lo, who arrived in the U.S. after a harrowing escape from a Viet Cong jail, is at the bottom. Fishing is a complicated and sometimes deadly business. Detailed knowledge of the ocean floor and the habits of fish is crucial to success. But, as Captain Jeff acknowledges as the Isabel S. returns with its catch, "Sometimes a lot of it is a little luck".
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Oren Bendavid-Val, Lo Van Nguyen, Brian McNally, Jeff Hatfield
Author / Creator
Oren Bendavid-Val
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Vietnamese, American, Buddhism, Immigrant populations, Family separation, Fisheries, Cultural change and history, Ethnography, Americans
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The Last Window
written by John M. Bishop, 1946-; directed by John M. Bishop, 1946- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1987), 30 mins
When Charles J. Connick Associates closed their doors in 1986, they left a legacy of 15,000 stained glass windows in more than 5000 churches, libraries and other public buildings. Founded on the principles of a medieval craft guild, this Boston studio was closely allied with Ralph Adams Cram, Dean of the Gothic re...
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written by John M. Bishop, 1946-; directed by John M. Bishop, 1946- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1987), 30 mins
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When Charles J. Connick Associates closed their doors in 1986, they left a legacy of 15,000 stained glass windows in more than 5000 churches, libraries and other public buildings. Founded on the principles of a medieval craft guild, this Boston studio was closely allied with Ralph Adams Cram, Dean of the Gothic revival in American architecture, and in it's heyday, between 1920 and 1950, employed and trained scores of artisans. When Charles J. Con...
When Charles J. Connick Associates closed their doors in 1986, they left a legacy of 15,000 stained glass windows in more than 5000 churches, libraries and other public buildings. Founded on the principles of a medieval craft guild, this Boston studio was closely allied with Ralph Adams Cram, Dean of the Gothic revival in American architecture, and in it's heyday, between 1920 and 1950, employed and trained scores of artisans. When Charles J. Connick Associates closed their doors in 1986, they left a legacy of 15,000 stained glass windows in more than 5000 churches, libraries and other public buildings. Founded on the principles of a medieval craft guild, this Boston studio was closely allied with Ralph Adams Cram, Dean of the Gothic revival in American architecture, and in its heyday, between 1920 and 1950, employed and trained scores of artisans. The Last Window follows the studio's final commission from design to installation; the artisans' commentary establishes the historical, aesthetic, and social context in which they work. Many examples of Connick windows are included, taking the film outside the studio to show the contrast between the workers' relationship with the art and that of the patrons and users.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John M. Bishop, 1946-, John Campbell, Rebecca Breymann, Jonathan Fairbanks, 1933-
Author / Creator
John M. Bishop, 1946-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Jonathan Fairbanks, 1933-
Person Discussed
Charles J. Connick, 1875-1945
Topic / Theme
American, Cultural change and history, Crafts, Visual artists, Stained glass, Ethnography, Americans
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Mission Hill and the Miracle of Boston
written by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; directed by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; produced by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 1 hour
Mission Hill and the Miracle of Boston is the story of urban renewal, racial conflict, and the struggle of a neighborhood to survive these changing times. Spokespeople include real estate developers, community activists, workers, and residents.
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written by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; directed by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000; produced by Richard Broadman, 1946-2000 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1978), 1 hour
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Mission Hill and the Miracle of Boston is the story of urban renewal, racial conflict, and the struggle of a neighborhood to survive these changing times. Spokespeople include real estate developers, community activists, workers, and residents.
Date Written / Recorded
1978
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Richard Broadman, 1946-2000
Author / Creator
Richard Broadman, 1946-2000
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
African American, Irish-American, Cultural identity, Cultural adaptation, Cultural assimilation, Urban life, Public housing, Racial groupings, Ethnic relations, Ethnography, African Americans, Americans, Irish
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1978 by Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
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