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*The poor share what they have, are oppressed, while the rich commit crimes. He breaks his leg, tries to get medical help without insurance. Bar-room brawls. Carrying knives. | *The poor share what they have, are oppressed, while the rich commit crimes. He breaks his leg, tries to get medical help without insurance. Bar-room brawls. Carrying knives. | ||
*Sounds from the street: finding a place to sleep, getting harassed by cops. Food banks. | *Sounds from the street: finding a place to sleep, getting harassed by cops. Food banks. | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
* "The Angel At The Western Window" by Bill Nelson (from ''Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights'') | * "The Angel At The Western Window" by Bill Nelson (from ''Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights'') | ||
{{Rock Hammer (Thomas Newman) }} | {{Rock Hammer (Thomas Newman) }} - added later | ||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
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[[Category:Real_People]] | [[Category:Real_People]] | ||
[[Category:1988]] | [[Category:1988]] | ||
[[Category: Work In Progress]] | |||
Revision as of 12:04, 19 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1988 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Real People, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Building A Church |
| Followed by: | Lines |
"You know like I say I'm just a drifter. I like to travel from different cities."
The Street is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.
Synopsis
- A man talks about riding the rails.
- An evening by the campfire, fighting, anxiety, two of the three most dangerous things.
- Two guys talk about treating people with respect, drinking, making noise in the night. A joke about Bad Johnny's pencil. They whistle and accost passers-by. Seducing young boys.
- Having met Christ in the street and not helping him.
- A man says he is a champion, plans to go to Canada, bitter rambling.
- A woman by the fire: the street as a cultural experience. Her middle class upbringing. Vegetarianism and alcoholism.
- A couple discuss life in 2017, cocktails on mars. Traveling and Europe compared with Fairy tales. Getting stuck in the US.
- The woman is new to the street, is anxious about her children. A precocious young reader is unprepared for the material he reads.
- Seeing one's mother killed by cops in the Watts riot.
- Living like caucasian people made us live, fearlessness, the verge of violence.
- Sounds from a bar, several men and a woman talk: she's from a good family, got stuck here on drugs and hooking.
- Pride and keeping one's condition from family. Relating to poor people, preferring the street.
- A man was in prison for eight years for strong arm robbery, makes a vow to go clean, can't get work.
- The poor share what they have, are oppressed, while the rich commit crimes. He breaks his leg, tries to get medical help without insurance. Bar-room brawls. Carrying knives.
- Sounds from the street: finding a place to sleep, getting harassed by cops. Food banks.
Music
- "The Angel At The Western Window" by Bill Nelson (from Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights)
- "Rock Hammer" - Thomas Newman (from Shawshank Redemption Soundtrack, 1994) | YouTube - added later
Commentary
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