Legacy [videorecording] / a film from California Newsreel ; Nomadic Pictures presents ; director, producer, and writer, Tod S. Lending ; a presentation of Home Box Office.

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c2000.

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Legacy is a stunning chronicle of the struggle of three generations of African American women as they free themselves from welfare and poverty. It offers a rare portrait of an inner-city family experiencing dramatic changes over a five-year period and makes visible the underlying economic, social, psychological and bureaucratic difficulties faced by those most dependent on public assistance. Terrell Collins, a 14 year-old African American boy living in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes housing project and the son of a crack addict, was an honor student initially intended to be featured in a documentary on "ghetto success stories." On the day in 1994 that filming was to begin, Terrell was fatally shot. His cousin, Nickcole Collins, narrates the documentary that becomes his legacy, chronicling the transformations and triumphs in the life of a family in the wake of a tragedy.

Images / Video & Film

English

October 19, 2010

Editor, Daniel Alpert ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz.

Narrator, Nickcole Collins.

DVD.