<I>J.T.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Directed by
content: Robert M. Young, American, born 1924
label: Subject of
content: Kevin Hooks, American, born 1958
label: Subject of
content: Ja'net Dubois, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Theresa Merritt, American, 1922 - 1998
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A feature film with the title J.T. It consists of two reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film opens with a young boy, J.T. Gamble (Kevin Hooks), being chased by boys. While running from the boys, J.T. encounters a police officer, which releases him from the boys' pursuit. In another scene, J.T. is again chased by two boys and flees into an abandoned building, while hiding from the bullies in the building, he finds a cat but leaves it there and heads to school. After school, J.T. returns to the abandoned building looking for the cat and feeds it with food that he took from the cafeteria. The rest of the film chronicles how J.T. nurses the injured cat back to health.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Children's television
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Youth
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film 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, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.60.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 25 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 900 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 20 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 725 Feet