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Beating the odds

Title
Beating the odds [videorecording] / WLS-TV, Chicago ; directed by John Harkins ; produced by Lawrence Pont.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : WLS-TV, 1981-09-06.

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Additional Authors
  • Dunham, John.
  • Tillis, James.
  • Edwards, Nathan.
  • Harston, Glenn.
  • Travis, Dempsey, 1920-
  • Kirkpatrick, Garland.
  • Delgado, Carlos.
  • Pont, Lawrence.
  • Harkins, John.
  • WLS-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
  • World Institute of Black Communications.
  • CEBA Collection.
Description
1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (51 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Six black men with successful lives and careers, describe their childhood and how they made it out of the ghetto. Four are business executives, one a heavyweight boxer, one a doctor and one a lawyer. In between their stories, executive John Dunham speaks with the Manson family, a third generation welfare family. They talk about what life is like for them in the ghetto today.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Black films and programs.
  • Public affairs.
Note
  • This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Award Collection, a competition sponsored by the World Institute of Black Communications, Inc.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-288
OCLC
NYPG89-F261
Title
Beating the odds [videorecording] / WLS-TV, Chicago ; directed by John Harkins ; produced by Lawrence Pont.
Imprint
Chicago, Ill. : WLS-TV, 1981-09-06.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
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Added Author
Dunham, John. Interviewee
Tillis, James. Interviewee
Edwards, Nathan. Interviewee
Harston, Glenn. Interviewee
Travis, Dempsey, 1920- Interviewee
Kirkpatrick, Garland. Interviewee
Delgado, Carlos. Interviewee
Pont, Lawrence. rd.
Harkins, John. Director
WLS-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
World Institute of Black Communications.
CEBA Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-288 Original of Sc Visual DVD-894
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