Drugs In A Poor Neighbourhood In LA, 1970s - Film 99407
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Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2017 · Education
Local streets in a poor neighbourhood of Los Angeles, USA. Vagrancy, poor housing and many liquor stores. Group of black teenage boys, all high school drop-outs, drink beer from cans and tinker in the engine of a red car. They are interviewed by a man with a huge Afro hairstyle and fine handlebar moustache. Playground of Muir Junior High. Close up of padlocked gates. Cut to man with moustache holding a Thrust (drug awareness group) meeting in a classroom. Dr Tom's furry face talks to camera. Black boys toke on the smallest roach end of a joint ever. he passes it several times, looking furtive. Thrust members talk about their opinion of drug and drink abuse. Good close up faces of teens.
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