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Making It

1966 · 28 min

A sober, interview-driven look at barriers and progress, quietly hopeful but weighed down by the obstacles it documents.

Directed by
DeWitt Beall
Starring
Henry Jordan, Allan 'Tiny' Evans, Elzie Williams
Overview
A documentary that looks at the obstacles African-American males face when building a career. As the narrator states, "this film is about his chances, about the changes that have been made and the problems still remaining." The film includes interviews with men who are "making it," or who are some of the first African Americans in their field.

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Directed by
DeWitt Beall
Starring
Henry Jordan, Allan 'Tiny' Evans, Elzie Williams
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • work
  • class
  • identity
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Directed by
DeWitt Beall
Starring
Henry Jordan, Allan 'Tiny' Evans, Elzie Williams, Theopolis Moore, Oscar Brown Jr., Tony Browne, Willie Morris, Les Morris
Runtime
28 min

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