<I>CBS Schoolbreak Special: The War Between the Classes</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Directed by
content: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
label: Subject of
content: Kale Browne, American, born 1950
label: Subject of
content: Jan Gan Boyd, American
label: Subject of
content: Don Michael Paul, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: Paul Winfield, American, 1939 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: James Wilder, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican, 1957 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Begonya Plaza
label: Subject of
content: Reggie Johnson
label: Subject of
content: David Raynr, American, born 1961
label: Subject of
content: Cindi Eyman
label: Subject of
content: Nadine Van der Velde, Canadian American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Sal Viscuso, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Todd Hallowell, American, born 1952
label: Subject of
content: Elizabeth Storm, American, born 1958
label: Used 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 film with the title “The War Between the Classes” from the television series CBS Schoolbreak Special. It consists of a single reel of acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: In the film, high school students play a "Color Game" assigned by their teacher, in which they are divided into two immutable groups based on class. It opens with the class watching a film depicting racial violence and discussing racial progress. The relationship between two of the students, Amy (Jan Gan Boyd) and Adam (Don Michael Paul), is especially strained by the constraints of the game.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Television
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: Portfolio/Series
content: CBS Schoolbreak Special
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: 2017.55.5.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
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: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 28 min.
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 1000 ft