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Operation Bootstrap (1968)

ALL 01/01/1968 (en) Documentary 58 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1968
  • Production
    Educational Communications Inc.
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  • Original title
    Operation Bootstrap
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

Operation Bootstrap, a non-profit community-based organization, was founded in October 1965, just two months after the Watts rebellion, as a response to a neighborhood in distress. The 1968 documentary captures Bootstrap’s mission of economic development with scenes of women and men training for a range of employment opportunities including how to operate power sewing machines for work in the local garment factory, to the new technologies of the day, the IBM keypunch machines. Especially engaging are the scenes of “sensitivity sessions” hosted by the organization, where black and white Angelenos debate issues of race and racism in 1960s America. The film’s cinéma-vérité style allows for a certain closeness with its subject and allows for a precious time capsule glimpse into this vibrant and struggling community.

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Operation Bootstrap (1968) 58 Min

ALL 01/01/1968 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1968
  • Production
    Educational Communications Inc.
  • Original title Operation Bootstrap
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Operation Bootstrap, a non-profit community-based organization, was founded in October 1965, just two months after the Watts rebellion, as a response to a neighborhood in distress. The 1968 documentary captures Bootstrap’s mission of economic development with scenes of women and men training for a range of employment opportunities including how to operate power sewing machines for work in the local garment factory, to the new technologies of the day, the IBM keypunch machines. Especially engaging are the scenes of “sensitivity sessions” hosted by the organization, where black and white Angelenos debate issues of race and racism in 1960s America. The film’s cinéma-vérité style allows for a certain closeness with its subject and allows for a precious time capsule glimpse into this vibrant and struggling community.

  1. Charles Carey, Altina Carey

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Altina Carey, Alex Van Der Kar

    Editor

  4. Producer



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