Title: Scenes from childhood /
Authors: Guzzetti, Alfred, 1942-
Year: 1980
Subjects: Coming of age; School children United States; Play environments.; Girls; School children United States.; Boys; Play groups
Abstract: "Straightforwardly and sympathetically, Guzzetti films children at seemingly unsupervised and unselfconscious play, with parents very rarely in evidence, and usually only as offscreen voices, at that. We watch as a small group of children (Guzzetti’s own and those of friends) interact, in various times, places and combinations, revealing in the process their developing mastery of language, technology and their imaginations. This merging of the impulses behind documentary, ethnography and home movies comes to life through Guzzetti’s patient, precise aim of the camera." HFA website