Sat 24 October 2020 - 21:15
Een reeks portretten van plaatsen, personen en objecten die voornamelijk betrekking hebben op Eversons geboorteplaats, Mansfield, Ohio - van de laatste overblijfselen van zijn ooit bloeiende auto-industrie tot de historische transformaties van één van zijn eerste Afrikaans-Amerikaanse buurten. Met portretten en getuigenissen van James Williams, Willie James Crittenden, Malik Hudgins, en The Brown Singers.
Regal is three Pontiacs and a Buick Regal becoming something entirely different.
Company Line is a film about one of the first predominately Black neighborhoods in Mansfield Ohio. The title refers to the name historically used by residents to describe their neighborhood, located on the north side of town close to the old steel mill. The Company Line began during the post-war migration of Blacks from the south to the north in the late forties. The neighborhood was purchased in the early seventies and its residents were scattered throughout Mansfield. City employees and former residents of the Company Line narrate the film.
Lead is a story of an early 20th Century Robin Hood.
Lost Nothing is the subject Willie James Crittenden waxes poetically about.
Traveling Shoes is based on the hit record by the Ohio based gospel group, The Brown Singers.
Improvement Association has Malik Hudgins, an UNIA life-long member of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, waxing poetically about life.
Oscar at 8903 Empire is the address of proud home owner Oscar Dickerson.
Ninety-Three is a wonderful age to celebrate.
