<I>Sitting in Limbo</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1986
name: label: Directed by
content: John N. Smith O.C., Canadian, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Pat Dillon
label: Subject of
content: Fabian Gibbs
label: Recorded by
content: Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican, born 1944
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 Canadian coming-of-age film with the title Sitting in Limbo. It consists of two (2) reels of 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film chronicles the budding relationship between Pat Clarke (Pat Dillon) and Fabian (Fabian Gibbs) after Pat learns that she is pregnant with Fabian's child. Fabian drops out of school and begins working in a factory to support Pat and their expected child. He also convinces Pat to move in with him and Pat agrees, against the advice of her friends. The rest of the film showcases the challenges and successes the couple achieves throughout the pregnancy.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Canada, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Independent films
label: Topic
content: Parenthood
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: 2017.55.117.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
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): 44 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1600 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 37 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1300 Feet