cast:
Tony Goodwin youth
 
Karl T. Wright, Regie Gibson, Tyehimba Jess young bloods
 
Sophia Allen, Tavares Brand, Justin Deal, DeAnna Horton, Shelly Leatherman, Anton Montgomery, Eric Holloway, Irwin Polenitz, Sheneka, Kenya Weddington, Javonta Whittaker students
 
Eric Trust, André Hodge, Leo Carptenter, Amar Hill, Paris Harris, Taurus Bartlett, Karl Chapman basketball players

Quraysh Ali Lansana poetry, performance
Dennis Nathaniel Williams Jr. jazz vocals
Kurt Heintz camera, editing, direction

special thanks to:
Principal Marlene Symanski, Mrs. Mitchell's class, and the staff of George F. Manierre Elementary School, Chicago
Emily Hooper and Glenda Baker
Soma at Audio/Visual

copyright © 1995, Quraysh Ali & Kurt Heintz

TRT: 5 min 16 sec
shot on Hi-8 videotape; post-produced on S-VHS videotape; stereo; NTSC
recorded on location during the winter 1994-95, in Chicago: Cabrini Green, Goose Island, Wicker Park

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