<I>Black Journal: 3; Biafra / The Bandits</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Produced by
content: National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
label: Directed by
content: Jim Morris
label: Edited by
content: Samuel B. Holmes
label: Edited by
content: Mack L. Leslie III
label: Edited by
content: Vernon West
label: Directed by
content: Carlos Patrick, American
label: Edited by
content: Winston Sims
label: Edited by
content: Christopher Williams
notes: label: Caption
content: 'Biafra' and 'The Bandits' are two short dramatic films produced in the late sixties by the National Educational Television's Broadcast Training School. Both short films aired on NET's Black Journal television series.
label: Description
content: 16mm black and white film of two short dramatic films produced by the National Educational Television's Broadcast Training School for Episode 3 of the Black Journal television series.
label: Description
content: "Biafra" is a short dramatic film produced by the National Educational Television's Broadcast Training School directed by Jim Morris. The film opens up with African drum music playing over a shot of a young African American girl playing on a slide in an outdoor park, children playing in the pool, and a group of teenage boys playing at the outdoor basketball court. This is followed by handheld shots of an outdoor market on a city sidewalk. The camera pans some of the merchandise on the tables. The music fades out during a transition to a wide shot of a group of men and women walking in a field. Many of them are wearing dashikis or other clothing with African motifs. They form a circle, and a close-up shot reveals a gun in one of their hands. They form two straight lines and face each other. In a series of medium and over the shoulder handheld shots, they each shoot another and pass the gun to the next person in line. Eventually, everyone is laying on the ground pretending to be dead. Audio of a crying baby begins to play as the last person is shot. An ending title card reading "BIAFRA CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE" appears before the ending credits.
label: Description
content: "The Bandits" is a short dramatic film produced by the National Educational Television's Broadcast Training School, written and directed by Carlos Patrick. This film begins with a car pulling up to the curb and parking. Two men exit the car and try to pay the meter with no success. One of the men hit the meter out of frustration before both men walk away. A narrator begins to dramatically inform the viewer about the effect of small time "bandits" in American cities. The following footage consists of a montage of scenes showing the two men trying to purchase things from various types of vending machines with no success. Each time the vending machine fails one of them, they hit the machine and walk away. The film concludes with the two men noticing two parking tickets underneath their windshield wipers, and the narrator saying "How much did they take you for today?" The ending credits play.
place: label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Nigeria, Biafra, West Africa, Africa
title: label: Title
content: Film clips from Black Journal: Episode 3
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Public television
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Pearl Bowser Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Black Journal
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: 2012.79.1.57.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © National Educational Television
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: Physical extent (film): 400 ft
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 11 min.