13175_25532_black_school3
1980s
On an independent, non sectarian, tuition-free day school in Harlem founded by Ned O’Gorman in 1966, dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty through education. Young female teaches students anatomy using illustrations in a book. CUs of students, one with bandaids on fingers, one sucking thumb. Shots of male students wearing numbers pinned on their shirts, as do sports teams, walking down the street with this woman teacher. CU black woman talking. CU black boy looking outside his barred window, shot from behind him. Shots of people sitting on steps, staircases, on the stree; one has a baby in a stroller and one has bags and food (homeless?) next to him. CU of black female educator. Shot of teacher leaving room full of children sleeping under old blankets. Shot of this female black teacher folding a blanket and looking and the children’s drawings. Shot of male teacher comforting little boy as he cries.