My Own Yard To Play In
My Own Yard To Play In
An excellent look at how city kids amuse themselves in adverse conditions. Many minorities and inner city poor play on or with anything they can get their hands on. Appears to be set in New York City.
My Own Yard To Play In
Panning shot of hip abstract patterns; title; audio of child's tuneless song. MS Caucasian child standing on sidewalk, tossing rubber ball against wall near grocer's awning. MS two white boys climbing on large wooden spool of telephone cable. MS several white girls jumping rope on sidewalk (skipping rope). MS four boys hauling cardboard box. MS two African-American boys rolling weary box along street, a buddy of theirs inside it (!). MSs African-American and Caucasian children playing, rolling metal hoop, scrambling off steps of old brownstone, rocking up and down on bumper of car, bouncing balls on sidewalk, building wobbly wooden table, drawing with chalk in street near gutter, peering like pirates through cardboard tubes, using old bed frames as stilts, etc; riding crude homemade scooter constructed of wooden crates and wheels; rolling rubber car tire through street and onto sidewalk. MS boy running hand along brick wall. MS girl standing at barber pole on sidewalk. MS boy poking stick into crack.
My Own Yard To Play In
TLS boy walking along pile of lumber in front of abandoned building; broken windows. MS Asian boy playing idly at fire hydrant. MS Caucasian boy w/ curly hair floating popsicle stick in gutter. MSs boys pushing at ashes, dirt piles. MS girl playing on banister outside brownstone. MS little white boy leaping down steps of brownstone. MS two boy scratching into bricks of wall. MS Caucasian girl drawing w/ chalk on blacktop pavement. MS two African-American girls digging in yard full of rubble. MS two Asian-American boys reading comic books outside restaurant. MS Asian American boys slapping at metal case of police telephone outside Chinese restauarant. MS boys peering into mouth of stone lion. MS African American kids playing on sidewalk, one them throwing sand at a girl shaping a mudpile. MSs white boy w/ crude wood scooter, skull and crossbones painted on it; boy tries to eat banana at same time. MS black boy spinning around pole. TLS African American boy on roller skates pushing pram (baby stroller, carriage) across street. MSs gang of kids w/ sticks; boy hitting can w/ stick, boys w/ wooden toy guns making each other dance. MS boys throwing rubber balls against wall. MS boy running & leaping across entrance to basement apartment. MS two white girls jumping rope on sidewalk. MSs boys throwing ball against wall, playing handball. MS kids playing tug of war on sidewalk. MSs group of boys scuffling playfully. MS white kids playing with cards. MS Latino boy w/ wooden scooter on sidewalk. TLS/MSs two boys sharing one pair of roller skates, each riding one down hill, connected by rope. MSs boy sliding or climbing on pieces of wood. MSs kids playing hopscotch on sidewalk. MSs boys playing w/ little kitten; looks like stray. MS two older boys balancing on wrought iron fence. MS African American boys balancing on pipe in vacant lot.