- Directed by
- Young, Robert M., American, born 1924
- Subject of
- Hooks, Kevin, American, born 1958
- Dubois, Ja'net, American, born 1945
- Merritt, Theresa, American, 1922 - 1998
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- polyester film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 25 Minutes
- Length (Film): 900 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 20 Minutes
- Length (Film): 725 Feet
- Caption
- This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
- Description
- A feature film with the title J.T. It consists of two reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
- The film opens with a young boy, J.T. Gamble (Kevin Hooks), being chased by boys. While running from the boys, J.T. encounters a police officer, which releases him from the boys' pursuit. In another scene, J.T. is again chased by two boys and flees into an abandoned building, while hiding from the bullies in the building, he finds a cat but leaves it there and heads to school. After school, J.T. returns to the abandoned building looking for the cat and feeds it with food that he took from the cafeteria. The rest of the film chronicles how J.T. nurses the injured cat back to health.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- sound films
- color films (visual works)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Actors
- Children's television
- Film
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.60.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




