Footage of an event held by Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action, Inc.
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth in Action, Inc., American, 1964 - 1978
label: Owned by
content: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
notes: label: Caption
content: Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth In Action, Inc. was incorporated July 1, 1964 as an agency to conduct a research study of the needs and problems of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. It was organized for the purpose of developing an Anti-Poverty Program to combat the root causes of poverty, as well as find the cures, for the conditions that had turned the area into an undesirable place to live. This 16mm silent, black and white home movie of an outdoor event held by the community outreach organization Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth In Action, Inc. (YIA). The film largely features multiple performances (fashion, music, dance) conducted by members of YIA in front of an audience on a residential street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Additionally, the film features shots of an art show lining the streets as a crowd socializes and views the various works.
label: Description
content: Film footage of an event held by Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action, Inc. It consists of a single reel of 16mm black-and-white acetate film and features multiple performances conducted by members of Bed-Stuy Youth in Action in front of an audience on a residential street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The performances consist of fashion, dance, and music. The film also features shots of the crowd and artwork on display.
label: Description
content: The film opens with a group of about half dozen youth standing on an elevated stage with an audience in front of them. A band is seated to the lefthand side of the stage facing the audience. A large sign hangs on the building behind the stage with the name of YIA. The young people on stage are all dressed in formal clothes and put on a fashion show shortly thereafter. They use the stage as a fashion show runway to model the fashions they're wearing. Seven young women in black leotards are the next group to appear on stage, and they perform several different dance routines. As the women exit the stage, three men in black shirts and black leggings walk onto the stage and perform a routine. The film abruptly cuts to a different fashion show. Shortly after, the film abruptly cuts again to scenes of the crowd and some artwork on display. The artwork consists of multimedia and paintings on easels. The film then cuts to several different scenes: a man speaking on stage (he was also seen in an earlier crowd shot), three young women singing, and saxophone players in a jazz band that accompanies the singers. There are more shots of the crowd, the jazz band, and another fashion show. The film ends with eight young women performing a dance routine on stage.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Modern dance
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Pearl Bowser Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.79.1.12.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: silent films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Hortense Beveridge
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 6 min.
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 235 ft