Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
"Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx." Very interesting footage of poverty, family and race, particularly among Puerto Rican and African-American communities in the South Bronx, New York.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Scrolling text of sociological statistics, 1965: "South Bronx Population 350,000-- Average Age 26.6-- Average Education 8 years-- 1950: Puerto Rican + Negro = 10%-- 1960: Puerto Rican 40%, Negro 25% -- Male Unemployed in NYC was 5%, South Bronx was 7.5% -- Aid to Dependent Children (Per 1000): NYC 72, South Bronx 161.5 -- Juvenile Delinquency (Per 1000): NYC 44.2, So. Bronx was 70.8 -- Youth Venereal Disease (Per 100,000): NYC 172.3, So. Bronx 211.4 -- Homicide (Per 10,000): Central Harlem 3.1, So. Bronx 1.4 -- Suicide (Per 100,000): Central Harlem 8.2, So. Bronx 9.2 -- Psychiatric Hospitalization: Approx 75 per month.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Low angle TLS of a commercial jet airplane in flight. EST shots smoggy yawn of South Bronx. TLSs children flying kites, hanging laundry, feeding pigeons, playing, hammering on rooftops of tenement buildings. High angle panning LSs of an L train (elevated train) on tracks. LS of pigeons flying from rooftop to rooftop. High angle TLS of male teenagers playing basketball on blacktop court. EST shots of congested urban South Bronx, the Brooklyn Bridge in BG of some shots.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Nice MS of a man (in silhouette) leaning against back door of a moving L train, view of tracks through window. Traveling shots of passing train tracks and urban buildings (view from L train). MSs poor Puerto Rican and African-American families on front stoops and leaning from windows of homes in South Bronx; MS Latino male smoking cigarette on stoop. TLS shirtless Latino male teenager flying kite from rooftop of tenement building. MSs of L train pulling into station stop, people getting on. MSs crowds of mostly minorities walking along sidewalks, past shoe shine stations and Caucasian police officers on the beat. MSs young black man selling copies of the Nation of Islam newspaper "Muhammad Speaks" on street; CU headline, "America is Falling!" MSs elderly Caucasians walking streets. MS/MCUs African-American men and Latino kids working at streetside shoe shine station.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
MS theater marquee: "Echenme al Vampiro Evangelina Elizondo en Rapto al Sol". MCU sign in storefront window: "Hair Straightened".
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
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Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Montage of signs, posted billings, storefront windows with decidedly Latin flavor; barber shops, pharmacies, Jesus trinkets, etc. MS/MCUs at a open-air market, people buying and selling fruits and vegetables; MS meat-- including the severed head of a pig-- in window of butcher shop; MS male Latino vendor making snowcones with Coca-Cola; MS African-American couple looking at used TV sets; TLS young couple walking arm in arm along sidewalk, boy on bicycle passing them.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Panning high angle TLS of tenement buildings along residential street, laundry hung out to dry on clotheslines. MSs Puerto Rican families sitting on fire escapes or leaning from windows of tenement buildings. High angle TLSs of Latino children playing in alleys, splashing in street gutter. MSs of African-American and Latino children and teenagers playing recreating in streets, on front stoops, on fire escapes; some have mothers watching on. MS three haggard-looking black women on front stoop. MSs young black men hanging out on street, some just clowning around. MSs two black boys fighting, wrestling in street (they seem serious). TLSs African-American children playing on broken furniture on street in ghetto. MS of young black couple with infant on street. Traveling shots through ghetto, old junky cars lining streets; African-Americans and Latinos on sidewalks.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
MS/MCUs African-Americans and Latino teenagers and adults playing stickball in street of ghetto; recreation, having fun, amusement. Low angle TLS of two male Latino teenagers walking along ledge, roof of tenement. MS black dog running along street. MSs unemployed Latino men lounging on streets, on fire escapes, at playgrounds, etc; many smoke cigarettes, appear lonely, sad. MSs male Latino children and teenagers talking, tossing baseball, hanging out on street. MS two police officers sitting in squad car; MCU siren; MS 42nd Precinct patrol car driving through ghetto. MS back of Latino teenager's jacket: Latin Crowns (Puerto Rican turf gang); MSs Latino teenagers play fighting, wrestling in alley. MS Latino teen huffing gas (sniffing glue or some other toxic industrial fume). Low angle TLS of fire escapes, laundry on clothes line in alleyway. MSs of graffiti on walls. TLS group of kids hanging out on roof of tenement building. TLS laundry line, kite in BG. MS Latino boy flying kite from rooftop of slum building.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
CU guitar being strummed by old Latino man. Panning MS of neon signs, night. MS three African-American boys pushing each other around while hanging outside a movie theater, night. MS people, in silhouette, walking rain-slicked streets at night. MSs black and Latino women and children window shopping at night; women buy Snowcones from vendor on street. TLSs streets, neon signs at night. MSs people gathered at school for Garcia Lorca (free theater, Latin vaudeville); MSs performers and audience. TLS people (in silhouette) walking along rain-slicked street, night. MSs Hispanic men playing game of dominoes on street, night; MS men drinking beer, smoking cigarettes. MSs storefront windows of beauty and dress shops, night. MS/CUs of Latino (vaudeville) performers, intercut with more shots of storefront window displays (mannequins, wedding cake figurines, appliance stores, etc). TLS neon crucifix.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
MS "Family Finance Loans" sign, night; L Train passes in BG. Subjective POV shot of L train coming from tunnel, traveling on tracks by slum buildings. MS neon crucifix hanging from fire escape, day. MSs African-Americans and Latinos outside church on Sunday. MSs people gathered at St. Mary's Park for baseball game; families in stands. MS man working on car; MSs children playing tambourines, running & playing through open fire hydrants. TLS of Bethany Christian Mission; MS crucifix sign; MS sign for Iglesia Pentecostal Estrella de Orient; MS man painting sign outside church. MS young Hispanic man playing guitar on street. More shots of Latino families at baseball game; shots of players.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
Low angle TLS of airplane flying over ghetto. Low angle TLS American flag flying from fire escape of tenement building. MSs African-American boys hanging out on streets, looking and acting bored; MS Latino girl stroking pet bird while peering through window. High angle TLS graffiti on street: Viva Puerto Rico, Rey Juan Jose. TLS Latino family hanging out on fire escape. MS old woman walking up steps to L train station stop. High angle TLS of young couple walking along empty sidewalk. TLS laundry hanging from line as storm approaches.
Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx
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