Two high school girls (video, with transcript): interview of two Hartford students
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Title
Two high school girls (video, with transcript): interview of two Hartford students
Creator
Biggs, Julian (Creator)
Date
1969
Subject
Education
Description
Two female students from Hall High School in West Hartford sit on picnic benches outside of what looks like a house and discuss what they believe the purpose of the current school system is and what they believe it should be. The girl with the glasses speaks first, stating that she believes the current school system’s purpose is to turn out workers. The other student says that school is not about learning what you care about or discussing any issues, but rather to say that you have gone through the motions to get the degree. She mentions that when her friend visited from Loomis Chaffee, a nearby private school, he was amazed that students couldn’t voice their opinions. She also talks about the competition in school and that the only reason why she is going is to school is for her parents and because it is some form of security. One of the students suggests that school should me more open and personal, where students learn something that will be useful and meaningful in life. She discusses an experience she had of being disciplined in a Florida school before she moved to the Hartford area.
Publisher
Ownership Statement: Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Format
color
Format
video/mov
Relation
Source Note: Butch Lewis Collection
Coverage
Hartford (Conn.)
Description
Hall High School is one of two public high schools in West Hartford, CT. Loomis Chafee is a private school in West Hartford. Dr. Dunn, appears to have been one of the administrators, if not the principal of Hall High School at the time this footage was taken. This is one of a number of 1969 documentary-style films in the collection of Hartford Black Panther Party co-founder, Butch Lewis. The films were directed and filmed by Canadian filmmaker Julian Biggs and assistant Baylis Glascock. . They document various Hartford black and Puerto Rican community leaders and communities as well as white governmental and business leaders discussing issues facing poor communities in the City of Hartford. Issues include urban renewal, housing, employment, education, and governmental representation.
Creator
Glascock, Baylis (Creator)
Subject
High school students
Subject
Public schools
Identifier
50002:5499
Identifier
local: hpl_hhc_bl_two-high-school-girls
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:5499
Type
MovingImage
Type
video recordings
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