Art in the Negro Schools
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1940 silent short film shows African American students at several schools practicing drawing, painting, music, and dance. It makes a case for including arts in education.
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What happens
Art in the Negro Schools is a 1940 American black and white, silent documentary film produced by the Harmon Foundation as part of its "Negro Education for American Living" series. With a 19-minute runtime, the film was directed and shot by famed documentary cinematographer Kenneth F. Space. The film depicts African American students engaging in both the fine arts and performing arts at the now-defunct Calhoun Colored School in Calhoun, Alabama and at historically black colleges and universities including Dillard University of New Orleans, Louisiana, Fisk University of Nashville, Tennessee, Hampton Institute (now Hampton University of Hampton, Virginia, and Howard University of Washington, DC. argues in favor of exposing students to performing and fine arts by demonstrating the positive impact those arts have on the students' lives. The film is held at the Library of Congress, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and in the National Archives as part of the Harmon Foundation Collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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