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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56c0626e6-db21-4a25-be89-d292a1249e4c

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