Brownsville Black and White
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Broadman
Laurann Black
Richard Broadman
Richard Broadman
Richard Broadman
Richard Broadman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An examination of group cooperation, social conflict, urban change and more than 60 years of Black/Jewish relations in the working-class Brooklyn community of Brownsville. The film begins by describing how a group of poor Jewish and African-American teenagers banded together to form the Brownsville Boys Club in order to to solve a simple problem: the lack of available space in order to play ball. The club fielded integrated sports teams (years before Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers) and organized even more controversial social "mixers." The second part of the film sheds new light on the struggle over control of Brownsville's public schools, which culminated in the famous 1968 stand-off between minority residents and the predominantly Jewish United Federation of Teachers. Finally, the film examines the disintegration of Brownsville following a disastrous policy of urban renewal.
Director
Richard Broadman
Crew
Laurann Black
Richard Broadman
Richard Broadman
Richard Broadman
Richard Broadman
Noel Buckner
Nick Doob
Jerald Podair
Jerald Podair
Wendell Pritchett
Wendell Pritchett
Ted Reed
Ted Reed
Frank Wilkins
Frank Wilkins
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Shown at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 19 - August 6, 2001.
Executive producer Laurann Black and a team of director Broadman's former students brought this film to completion following his untimely death in 2000 at the age of 52.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 19 - August 6, 2001.)
