In the Street
(1948, US, James Agee, Helen Levitt, and Janice Loeb, 16m)
A silent short using hidden cameras to document Harlem street life in New York in the 1940s. The work continues photography Helen Levitt's interest in street photography, especially portraits of children, and Agee's interest in social documentation.
Momma Don't Allow
(1955, UK, Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson, 22m)
Pioneering documentary of the Free Cinema movement, documenting one evening at a North London jazz club in the 1950s. The film influenced the soon-to-emerge British New Wave, and both Reisz and Richardson went on to become key figures in that movement.
The program screens this Friday, April 22, at 3 PM in Annenberg Hall (Room 3), 13th and Norris St.
Pioneering documentary of the Free Cinema movement, documenting one evening at a North London jazz club in the 1950s. The film influenced the soon-to-emerge British New Wave, and both Reisz and Richardson went on to become key figures in that movement.
The program screens this Friday, April 22, at 3 PM in Annenberg Hall (Room 3), 13th and Norris St.
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