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Emergency Needs

2007 · 7 min

A quiet, scholarly split-screen collage that asks you to watch closely and think about how calm words meet volatile history.

Overview
Emergency Needs considers the 1968 Hough Riots and the Glenville Shootout in Cleveland, Ohio, and the response to the crisis, as observed in color footage from a local press conference by Mayor Carl B. Stokes. Stokes, the first Black mayor of a major American city, maintains calm and measured composure; his demeanor and words help diffuse an already incendiary situation. Actress Esosa Edosomwan, dressed in a suit and tie, delivers Stokes’ statements. The footage of Stokes and the filmed performance of Edosomwan are rendered in split screen and combined with footage and reportage from the streets.

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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • race
    • politics
    • power
    • violence
    • media
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Kevin Jerome Everson
    Runtime
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