A film study of a newspaper boy in the crowded inner city, which provides substance for discussion of the city environment which can breed cynicism and delinquency in the young. Apartment buildings, rooming houses and dilapidated dwellings are the boy’s route, and his world a rundown flat and a rough spoken father. At some doors he tosses his papers with neat precision, at others will deliberate carelessness. Behind his actions you sense his resentment and anger, and at the same time a reaching out for warmth.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302173
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Newspapers - Employees
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - Interpretive programs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → City and town life
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Public housing - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → City and town life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Juvenile delinquency
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Public housing - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Slums
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sociology, Urban
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)