Assignment Four - Hunters Point: A View from the Hill

KRON-TV Assignment Four documentary film from 1969 about poverty racism urban renewal and community action in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood (predominantly African American). Features scenes of: SFPD Community Relations Unit's Palmer Jackson walking around the neighborhood and talking with youths; Adam Rogers of Young men For Action meeting with police and community members; an interview with Dr. Osra Coleman head of the Hunters Point Bayview Community Health Project; Mrs Eloise Westbrook chairing a public meeting of the Joint Housing Committee; Sylvester Brown criticising Mrs Westbrook for not permitting more voices to be heard at the meeting; Rev. Charles Lee preaching a sermon about how a "revolution" is coming at the Ridgepoint Methodist Church; brief views of the September 1966 riots in Hunters Point (including police shooting at residents) and urban planner William Keller presenting ideas of how to transform the neighborhood. At one point narrator Ed Hart comments that: "In Hunters Point ... the burden of public responsibility has been shouldered largely by black women." This film was written and produced by Ira Eisenburg edited by John Bradley and shot by John Hines Walter Nash and Sam Lopez. Please note: this viewing copy was sourced from a Betacam SP video tape master; the original 16mm film print is currently unavailable.