James Baldwin - Take This Hammer
6/9/2020 | 59m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In "Take This Hammer" from the ALL ARTS Vault, James Baldwin discusses racism in housing.
This 1964 documentary shows James Baldwin discussing racism in housing with San Francisco's Black community. His conversations are interspersed with poetic scenes of everyday life in neighborhoods that are about to be lost to gentrification. Baldwin presciently describes the impact of job and housing discrimination, which remain relevant to today's conversations around racial equity.
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ALL ARTS Vault Selects is a local public television program presented by WLIW PBS
James Baldwin - Take This Hammer
6/9/2020 | 59m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
This 1964 documentary shows James Baldwin discussing racism in housing with San Francisco's Black community. His conversations are interspersed with poetic scenes of everyday life in neighborhoods that are about to be lost to gentrification. Baldwin presciently describes the impact of job and housing discrimination, which remain relevant to today's conversations around racial equity.
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