TFB Rehearsal
1/2 inch open-reel videotape Black & White Sound 1970 28:29
Summary: Black and white footage of a Black band rehearsing in the Basement, Stepney, followed by two white boys and one Black boy discussing the issues they're facing in establishing a youth club on their estate.
Title number: 21167
LSA ID: LSA/27863
Description: The picture is occasionally blurred with static and the dialogue during the rehearsal is often inaudible. The camera pans and zooms around the rehearsal room. The video starts with a Black band rehearsing with an assortment of instruments, including a piano, drums, bongos, bass, guitar, saxophone, tambourine and voices singing along. The boys jam together adorned in tight white t-shirts, jumpers with collared shirts, striped scarves and flared suits, the drummer is seen leisurely smoking a cigarette. They occasionally pause from rehearsing to laugh and alter what they are playing. The video ends with an interview with two white boys with mid length brown hair and a black boy in a striped jumper. The black boy talks about the perception of youth but the adults on the estate. Steve, a white boy, continues this by expressing the lack of work available to youths. They begin to talk about their desire to set up a youth club, with activities such as tennis, disco and careers advisors for unemployed youth. The video ends with the Black boy predicting that unemployment in youth will continue to rise.
Credits: Basement Project (Producer)
Locations: Stepney, East London
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